Early 18th century
In two parts, the upper section with broken arched pediment above a mirrored panel door enclosing a fitted interior with shelves, cubbies, and small drawers above two candle slides, the lower section with a slant front opening further opening to a fitted interior with pigeon holes and small drawers, over two short and two long drawers on bracket feet.
Height 89 inches (226 cm), width 31 inches (78.6 cm), depth 21 1/2 inches (54.6 cm).
Early 18th century
In two parts, the upper section with broken arched pediment above a mirrored panel door enclosing a fitted interior with shelves, cubbies, and small drawers above two candle slides, the lower section with a slant front opening further opening to a fitted interior with pigeon holes and small drawers, over two short and two long drawers on bracket feet.
Height 89 inches (226 cm), width 31 inches (78.6 cm), depth 21 1/2 inches (54.6 cm).
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
With previous restorations, decoration refreshed, repairs to finials, chips and losses to lacquer throughout, age cracks to pediment, mirror plate with oxidation throughout, some areas of lacquer refreshed, top interior cupboard locked, one drawer pull loose on interior desk drawers, old marks and scratches, with four keys.
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Jan 28, 2026
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold an auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10am. The auction will present works spanning the 16th through 19th centuries, including portraits, still lifes and landscapes, along with religious, historical and mythological subjects.
Featured in the sale is Anthropomorphic Landscape attributed to Matthäus Merian. Anthropomorphic landscapes--imaginary views of natural scenery that appear to resemble the faces of people--were much in vogue in European art during the 16th and early 17th centuries. When this painting was first discovered by Alfred Barr in 1930 it was thought to be by the Italian Mannerist artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593). However when the work was cleaned and restored in 1954, an inscription attributing it to the Swiss engraver Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) came to light. It was soon shown that its composition is closely related to an engraving of a similar anthropomorphic landscape created by Merian in 1624, which suggests that it may have been the artist’s preiminary sketch for that work.
Additional Categories in the Sale
Special sections of the sale will also showcase English & Continental Silver (Read More) on Wednesday, January 28 and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts (Read More) on Thursday, January 29.
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