Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba
Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba
Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba
Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba

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Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba,

early 15th century

Italian
y1948-6

Information

Title
Panel from the end of a cassone: Priam and Hecuba
Dates

early 15th century

Medium
Tempera on wood panel
Dimensions
61.5 × 77.5 cm (24 3/16 × 30 1/2 in.) frame: 61.6 × 77.6 × 9.5 cm (24 1/4 × 30 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1948-6
Place Made

Europe, Florence

Inscription
Inscription at top of panel: RE RIAMO REINA HECVBA.;
Culture
Italian
Type
paintings, tempera paintings, cassoni
Materials
panel (wood), tempera
Subject
figures (representations), roses, kings (people), queens (people), mythology, panels (surface components), men, crowns (headdresses), women

F. J. Mather, Jr., by November 3, 1924; 1948 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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