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| Keywords: Michiel Verbist - Cabinet with Allegorical Figure of Music - Walters 6523.jpg This cabinet with its combination of dark woods inset with bone plaques represents the high caliber of Antwerp cabinetry Michiel Verbist who monogrammed it on the underside had aristocratic clients in England as well as in the Netherlands The engraved plaques on the exterior represent personifications of music while the drawers are decorated with scenes of rural peasant life such as hunting rabbits On the open book held by the woman with the horn is inscribed what may be the name of the engraver IAN / H ca 1625 Baroque wood rosewood mahogany and fir bone cm 49 5 67 5 accession number 65 23 38136 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature On book IAN / H Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Furniture in the Walters Art Museum Michiel Verbist Allegories of music | ||||
