Walnut Dantesca Chair with Inlay Work

15th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    elm, with velvet upholstery and bone, horn, and boxwood inlay

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.2 x 66 x 51.1 cm (30 x 26 x 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.406

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Albert Figdor [1843-1927], Vienna; (his estate sale, at Schwarzenberg-Kasinos, Vienna, by Artaria & Co., Vienna, and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 11-13 June 1930, no. 686); purchased by Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 17.

Wikidata ID

Q62266834

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