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| Keywords: Peter Opel - Cabinet with Scenes from the Life of David - Walters 655.jpg This cabinet with its 17 compartments some hidden is a marvel of woodcarving and a celebration of intricacy Architectural elements and ornamental detailing frame narrative compositions organized into a lattice of ordered compartments Forty-eight scenes relate the Old Testament story of David prophet and king as a model of virtue The vigor of these compositions points to their derivation from woodcut designs by a master such as Joost Amman 1539-1591 but the source is unidentified The significance of each scene is distilled by a Latin motto for example the death of David inside of the right-hand door by PIETATIS DEFUNCTIO a pious death The artist Peter Opel of Regensburg proudly inscribed his name on the door to the central compartment and on the back carved his self-portrait dressed as a gentleman but holding a chisel The chest was designed to hold small treasures and antiquities ca 1580 1590 Renaissance carved pine boxwood cm 72 57 6 accession number 65 5 37703 Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1915 Signature; Transcription PIETATIS DEFUNCTIO; Translation a pious death World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Regensburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Furniture in the Walters Art Museum Peter Opel 16th-century way of life preserved artefacts | ||||
