The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 13, 2022

Marriage Chest (Cassone)

mid 1500s

Italy, Venice, mid 16th century

Walnut

Overall: 68.6 x 168.9 x 57.2 cm (27 x 66 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.607

Location

117A Italian Renaissance

Provenance
Fletcher. John L. Severance.
Citations
John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 69; Reproduced: p. 71 archive.org
Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 35, cat. no. 43 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 99 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 99 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 115 archive.org
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.607