Scuola veneta del XVII secolo

interior of the lid and edges of the instrument painted in oil with stories of Rinaldo and Armida taken from Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso, later period legs in carved wood with gilded highlights, some defects

cm 96x233x84

Comparative bibliography: The Stibbert Museum, catalog edited by G. Cantelli, Electa, Milan: 1974, 2 vols., page 40, n 137, plates 33-34 Provenance: Auctio Auction House, Florence, 29 November 1936; Pandolfini, Furnishings from a Florentine residence, 12 October 2004 The instrument is accompanied by a technical sheet by Tony Chinnery created in 2004