Cabinet frontal with panels from two Embriachi caskets

Baldassare degli Embriachi

Maker

Baldassare degli Embriachi

Date

ca. 1400–1409

Medium

Bone and Certosina (inlays of stained woods, bone and horn) with traces of gilding

Dimensions

Overall: 81 3/4 × 70 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (207.7 × 180 × 8.5 cm) Other ((a) central panel): 67 1/8 × 70 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (170.5 × 180 × 8.5 cm) Other ((b) pediment): 14 5/8 × 68 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (37.2 × 174.6 × 8.2 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Origin

Florence

Culture

Italian

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

17.190.490a, b

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917