Apothecary Cabinet

Nicolaus I Kolb

Maker

Nicolaus I Kolb

Date

1617–18

Medium

Veneer: ebonized pearwood (Pyrus communis), ebony, partially gilded silver; carcass: conifer; interior: protective quilted cushion covered in red silk, drawers and chest lined with red silk velvet; gold trimming; mounts and fittings: brass, partially gilded; thirty-two (32) vessels and utensils: glass, partially gilded silver, low carbon steel, leather

Dimensions

11 × 11 × 9 1/16 in. (28 × 28 × 23 cm)

Form

Case Piece

Culture

German, Augsburg

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2019.229.1a–c–.32a, b

Credit line

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2019