ID: 700008577 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008577	Record Type: Movable Work
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Cassone with Painted Front Panel Depicting the Conquest of Trebizond (cassone; attributed to workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (I...; after ca. 1461; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 14.39)

Note: Panel portrays a contemporary historical event: the conquest of Trebizond, the last outpost of the Byzantine Empire, by Mehmed II in 1461. This status of the cassone as an intact original has been called into question by a detailed, technical examination undertaken in 2008. It has now been demonstrated that various parts of the chest are not integral and that the painted front may originate from another chest. This means that the purported provenance of the chest from Palazzo Strozzi, first asserted by Weisbach, may have no bearing on the interpretation of the scene on the painted front. That the chest itself is connected with some member of the Strozzi family is clear from the emblems that appear on the end pieces, which are original to it, including the Strozzi falcon or hawk. The painted front may have belonged to another chest so that the attempts to link it with the Strozzi remain speculative.

Titles:

Cassone with Painted Front Panel Depicting the Conquest of Trebizond (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Cassone with Painted Front Panel (C,U,BT,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cassone [300039007] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, <storage and display furniture>, case furniture, chests (case furniture))

Classifications:

furniture (preferred)

paintings

Creation Date: after ca. 1461

Creator Display:

attributed to workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florence ca. 1416-1465 Florence) and workshop of Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florence 1402–1489 Florence) [preferred,VP]

artist Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian painter, 1402-1489) [500017510]

patron Strozzi family (Italian family of bankers, patrons, flourished from 13th century) [500372605]

artist Apollonia di Giovanni (Italian painter, ca. 1415 or 1417-1465) [500019165]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 14.39

Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1914

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 604

Other: Creation: Firenze [7000457] Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: poplar wood, linen, polychromed and gilded gesso with panel painted in tempera and gold

	poplar (wood) [300012363]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	polychromy [300247962]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

	gesso [300014952]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, surface preparation materials)

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

Dimensions: H. 39-1/2 x W. 77 x D. 32-7/8 in. (100.3 x 195.6 x 83.5 cm); Painted surface 15 1/4 x 49 1/2 in. (38.7 x 125.7 cm)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Florentine

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Conquest of Trebizond [901001333]
	.....((European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Cassone with Painted Front Panel Depicting the Conquest of Trebizond	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Cassone with Painted Front Panel	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.39/