Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso, after ca. 1461

Artist

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florence ca. 1416–1465 Florence)

Date

after ca. 1461

Medium

Poplar wood, linen, polychromed and gilded gesso with panel painted in tempera and gold

Size

H. 39-1/2 x W. 77 x D. 32-7/8 in. (100.3 x 195.6 x 83.5 cm); Painted surface 15 1/4 x 49 1/2 in. (38.7 x 125.7 cm)

Type

Woodwork-Furniture

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed