Box with Military Scenes from Antiquity

Description

This box features four military scenes from antiquity: an allegiance, a triumph, a battle, and an execution.

Provenance

Mary Lyman Morgan Burns, North Mymms Park. (Christie's, London, 24-26 September 1979, no. 7). (David Carritt, Ltd., London).

Box with Military Scenes from Antiquity

Workshop of the Cleveland Casket

c. 1520–1530

Accession Number

1981.8

Medium

pastiglia on gilded wood

Dimensions

Overall: 20.3 x 29.9 x 21.6 cm (8 x 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)

Classification

Furniture and woodwork

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund