Collector’s cabinet with miniature apothecary

anoniem, 1730

The cabinet houses many small pots and bottles containing simplicia, or medicinal ingredients. Several drawers are filled with minerals, fossils, wood samples, seeds and so forth. Many other drawers are empty. The cabinet may originally have contained a ‘universal collection’, which included small artefacts as well as products of nature, probably assembled by a cultivated and prosperous gentleman.

  • Artwork typesimpliciakast
  • Object numberBK-1956-44
  • Dimensionsheight 206.8 cm x width 148.5 cm x depth 74.0 cm, width 96.5 cm x depth 74.0 cm, height 206.8 cm x width 96.5 cm x depth 74.0 cm, weight 112 kg, weight 69.3 kg
  • Physical characteristicseiken- en grenenhout, belijmd met olijfhout en andere houtsoorten, schildpad, ivoor, verguld koper en andere materialen