Barberini Cabinet, Galleria dei Lavori, Florence, ca. 1606–23
Barberini Cabinet, Galleria dei Lavori, Florence, ca. 1606–23, Italian, Florence, Oak and poplar veneered with various exotic hardwoods, with ebony moldings and plaques of marble, slate (paragon); pietre dure work consisting of colored marbles, rock crystal, and various hardstones, 23 1/4 x 38 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( x x cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Galleria dei Lavori, Florence, The Barberini family in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presents a virtual paradigm of the well-managed Roman family. The Barberini recognized that the way to power and wealth lay through the Church and that the perpetuation of the family was dependent on marriage; and they accordingly consistently pursued both of those channels of family development
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