The Doria Commode

ca. 1737

Bartolomeo Steccone, Carver Lorenzo de Ferrari, Designer

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Title The Doria Commode

Artwork Date ca. 1737

Makers Bartolomeo Steccone (Carver) Italian, died 1739 Lorenzo de Ferrari (Designer) Italian, 1680-1744

Medium Tempera and oil painted decoration, carved walnut decoration, original carved spanish red broccatello marble top

Dimensions Overall: 35 13/16 × 53 9/16 × 20 7/8 inches (91 × 136 × 53 cm)

Classification Furniture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and funds from The Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts in honor of Joanne Brodie, VCESDA Chair 2012-18

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2018.32

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(Luca and Laura Burzio, L&L Fine Art Ltd.) (London, United Kingdom)

2018-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Poggi, Vittorio, L. A. Cervetto, and G. B. Villa, eds. Catalogo degli oggetti componenti la Mostra d’Arte Antica aperta nelle sale del Palazzo Bianco destinato a sede del nuovo museo civico. Exh. cat., Palazzo Bianco. Genoa, 1892, p. 123, no. 29.

Doria, Ludovica. Grandi e piccole dimore liguri. Milan, 1969, pp. 40–41 (ill.).

Owens, Mitchell. “The Best Booths at TEFAF Maastricht.” Architectural Digest (March 14, 2018): https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-best-booths-at-tefaf-maastricht [accessed December 20, 2018]

Owens, Mitchell. “A Stunning 1730s Baroque Chest of Drawers Takes Center Stage at TEFAF Maastricht.” Architectural Digest (March 14, 2018): https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/1730s-baroque-chest-of-drawers-takes-center-stage-at-tefaf-maastricht [accessed December 20, 2018]

Mouquin, Sophie, with Agnès Bos and Salima Hellal. Les arts décoratifs en Europe. Paris, 2020, p. 331, no. 337 (ill.).

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designed and painted by Lorenzo de Ferrari; Bartolomeo Steccone, The Doria Commode, ca. 1737, tempera and oil painted decoration, carved walnut decoration, original carved Spanish red broccatello marble top. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and funds from The Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts in honor of Joanne Brodie, VCESDA Chair 2012-18, 2018.32.