Writing Cabinet (Escritorio)

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Date

1500/50

Medium

Walnut, boxwood, bone, iron, copper alloy, and gilding

Dimensions

Closed: 61 × 100.4 × 46.1 cm (24 × 39 1/2 × 18 1/8 in.); Open: 85.8 × 100.4 × 97.8 cm (33 3/4 × 39 1/2 × 38 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Richard T. Crane Jr. Memorial and Chester D. Tripp Major Acquisition endowment funds

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

Spanish