Cypress chest decorated with biblical subjects in reed pen

An image of Furniture/Chest. Unknown maker. Possibly, Greek Islands, Crete or The Veneto, Venice. Decorated with biblical subjects in reed pen on wood, with background areas cut away and diapered. Cypress wood, reed pen on wood, height, whole, 23¼, in, width 69 5/8 in, depth 25¼ in, circa 1601 to circa 1700.

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Furniture/Chest. Unknown maker. Possibly, Greek Islands, Crete or The Veneto, Venice. Decorated with biblical subjects in reed pen on wood, with background areas cut away and diapered. Cypress wood, reed pen on wood, height, whole, 23¼, in, width 69 5/8 in, depth 25¼ in, circa 1601 to circa 1700.

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Accession Number: M/F.1-1931
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 35
Camera: NIKON D600
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 594 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 99.68kB
Exposure time: 1/160
ISO Speed: 800
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:05:27 15:12:36

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17th Century Bible biblical chest Cretan cypress Fitz_AA furniture Greek Italian lions pen reed pen Venetian School wood wooden

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