Four doors with trims and one set of entre-portes
These doors show similarities to the decoration in the Reichenzimmer, a suite of rooms in the Residenz in Munich designed by Cuvillies, and it is thought that they may have come from the Residenz. The doors were most likely shortened at some point.
Artwork Details
- Title: Four doors with trims and one set of entre-portes
- Maker: Jean François Cuvilliés the Elder (German (born Belgian), Soignies 1695–1768 Munich)
- Artist: Paintings in the manner of Ambrosius Hörmannstorfer (German, died 1781)
- Date: ca. 1730–35
- Culture: Southern German, Munich
- Medium: Wood, painted, carved and gilded
- Dimensions: Overall (each): 95 × 29 in. (241.3 × 73.7 cm)
- Classification: Woodwork
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.184.2–.15
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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