Art Price Index: Embriachi Caskets

Published on 17 November 2023, by Anne Doridou-Heim

The family workshop was founded by Baldassare degli Embriachi (active 1390–1410) to compete with Paris.

€10,140Embriachi workshop, Venice, 15th century, wooden casket with protruding lid,... Art Price Index: Embriachi Caskets

€10,140
Embriachi workshop, Venice, 15th century, wooden casket with protruding lid, carved bone plates, alla certosina marquetry, 17 x 23 x 13 cm/6.69 x 9.05 x 5.11 in.
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 13, 2023. Giquello & Associés OVV. Mme Fligny.

In Italy during the Renaissance, caskets proliferated: religious ones, but also secular ones, and in particular those playing an essential role in married life: wedding caskets. Active in Venice between the late 14th and early 15th centuries and founded by a Florentine—a renowned collector of portable triptychs for major clients—the…

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