Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Furniture

CASSONI

309. Cassone
     Milan, second half of the sixteenth century
     Walnut, partially gilt
     Height: 2 ft. 5 /8 in. (73.9 cm); Width:
     5 ft. 5^34 in. (167 cm); Depth: 2 ft. V% in.
     (61.3 cm)
     Accession number 68.DA. 8
     PROVENANCE
     Earls of Warwick, Warwick Castle; [Frank
     Partridge and Sons, Ltd., London]; pur­
     chased by J. Paul Getty.
     EXHIBITIONS
     The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
     The Triumph of Humanism, September 29,
     1977-January 18,1978, p. 91, fig. 107; Tulsa,
     The Philbrook Art Center, Gloria dell'arte:
     A Renaissance Perspective, October 26,
     1979-January 27,1980 (Tulsa, 1979), no. 85,
     p. 53, illus.

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310. Cassone
     (?) Rome, second half of the sixteenth
     century
     Walnut, partially gilt
     Height: 2 ft. γ/% in. (74 cm); Width:
     5 ft. 53 /8 in. (166.6 cm); Depth: 2 ft. % in.
     (61.8 cm)
     Accession number 78 .DA.120

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