Category:Dutch cabinet with Chinese and American motifs (Walters 6589)
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English: Cabinet with Chinese and American motifs. It was made by a Dutch (anonymous) craftsman to imitate the expensive lacquered Chinese and Japanese chests imported by the Dutch East India Company. The painter adapted some motifs from Chinese porcelains, other figures are Native Americans, adapted from engravings of 1584 reporting English explorations of Virginia. On the exterior side panels are remarkable adaptations of engravings recording a French expedition of 1564 to Florida. Young "Floridians" play competitive games while beautiful birds imaginative renderings of the bird of paradise from the East Indies swoop around them.
After Theodor de Bry (German, 1528-1598), Paul Decker, the elder (German, 1677-1713) and Pieter Schenck (Dutch, 1660-ca. 1718).
Date: 1690-1700 (baroque)
Material: wood (pine) with paint and gilt
Size: Upper part hight: 82,5 cm; widt: 95,0 cm
Media in category "Dutch cabinet with Chinese and American motifs (Walters 6589)"
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Dutch - Cabinet with Chinese and American Motifs - Walters 6589 - Detail A.jpg 1,800 × 1,281; 2.22 MB
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Dutch - Cabinet with Chinese and American Motifs - Walters 6589 - Detail B.jpg 1,800 × 1,127; 2.17 MB
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Dutch - Cabinet with Chinese and American Motifs - Walters 6589 - Front Open.jpg 1,800 × 1,222; 2.16 MB
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