IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 98254 accession number: M.54 & A-L-1997 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 16 August 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cabinet, veneered with ebony, and oak panels painted in oils. Rectangular with an iron ring on each end, a cavetto moulded superstructure with a hinged lid, an apron drawer at the bottom, two fielded panelled doors, enclosing nine drawers, and a central cupboard with doric columns on each side, and a broken pediment above, enclosing an ivory pillared and mirrored perspective (illusionistic room) with a chequered floor. The interior of the panelled doors, and the underside of the lid are painted with three large scenes from the story of the Prodigal Son: the departure (R door); feasting (L door) and the return (underside of lid). The drawer fronts, and the central doors are painted with smaller scenes from the story. On the right: the Prodigal sleeps under a tree; begs beside a wayside Cross; stands in rags outside a cave; and tends swine. Below the central door, he prays beside the swine. On the left from the bottom up, he (?) is shown riding; shooting; begging; and being driven away from an inn. On the centre door, a couple, probably his parents, stand with their back to the viewer looking down an avenue of trees towards a small figure of the Prodigal. The central door opens to reveal an illusionistic room with a chequered floor, and full-length figures of a man (right) and woman (left). only visible in the mirrors on the sides. The cabinet is supported by a rectangular ebonized wood stand with turned twisted legs (K), and has a key (L) object type: Cabinet, ebony, and oak, painted in oils with hinged lid, and two fielded panelled doors, enclosing nine drawers (A-I) and a central door decorated with scenes from the story of the Prodigal Son, and a draw below (J) The central door opens to reveal a pillared and mirrored miniature room with chequered floor. The cabinet is supported by a rectangular stand with turned twisted legs (K) and has a key (L). title: cabinet on stand NOTES ----- type: history note value: The donors believe that the cabinet was purchased by their grandfather in Antwerp after the First World War. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Louise Nichols, Birgit Carolin, and Hélène Mitchell in memory of their parents, Johannes Herman and Hélène Warning, and their grandparents, Robert and Hélène De Vos. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98254 PEOPLE ------------------- Prodigal Son SUBJECTS ------------------- departure (R), feasting (L), the return (top) departure (R), feasting (L), the return (top) CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1640 - 1640 creation date earliest: 1640 creation date latest: 1640 culture: 17th Century, Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 36.9 dimension: Depth units: cm value: 45.7 dimension: Width units: cm value: 82.2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 87.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Caught in Time 2: Paintings conserved by the Hamilton Kerr Institute title: Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment CITATIONS -------- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1997 Caught in Time 2: The Conservation of Paintings for The Fitzwilliam Museum Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum Recent acquisitions (1995-2004) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_54_1997.jpg height: 431 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_M_54_1997.jpg height: 284 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_54_1997.jpg height: 431 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_M_54_1997.jpg height: 142 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/859/large_M_54___A_L_1997_mas.jpg height: 609 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/859/mid_M_54___A_L_1997_mas.jpg height: 297 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.54 & A-L-1997_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/859/preview_M_54___A_L_1997_mas.jpg height: 149 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/859/M_54___A_L_1997_mas.ptif height: 3154 pixels width: 5306 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/947/large_M_54___A_L_1997_dc1.jpg height: 609 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/947/mid_M_54___A_L_1997_dc1.jpg height: 297 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/947/M_54___A_L_1997_dc1.jpg height: 3154 pixels width: 5306 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/947/preview_M_54___A_L_1997_dc1.jpg height: 149 pixels width: 250 pixels