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The Chirk cabinet

Flemish, c1640-1650

Flemish, The Chirk cabinet, c1640-1650, National Trust, Art Funded 1993

The Chirk cabinet is also known as the Charles II Cabinet, with upper panels from the studio of Frans Francken the Younger.

The cabinet has a drop-front decorated with filigree-like silver and elaborate silver mounts.The interior and exterior are set with paintings on copper. The main scenes are 'Christ and the Canaanite Woman', 'Sinite Parvulos' and 'Christ and the Centurion'.

More information

Title of artwork, date

The Chirk cabinet, c1640-1650

Date supported

1993

Medium and material

Ebony, tortoiseshell, silver, oil on copper, wood

Dimensions

136 x 115 x 53 cm

Grant

35000

Total cost

280000

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