Antwerp Cabinet With Painted Decorations, Flanders, 17th C.

Cabinet opening with two doors and an upper compartment. The interior is organized around nine drawers and a central door revealing five small drawers decorated with embroidery representing birds, and a secret drawer. The fifteen painted panels revolve around hunting scenes, episodes of life in the fields, and a stopping place for Saint-Jacques de Compostelle pilgrims on the left door. These panels are attributed to the painter Isaak van Oosten and his workshop, specializing in landscape painting and panels for the cabinets of Antwerp (1613-1661). The exterior, sober, is in blackened wood veneer. Two carrying handles on the sides. A replaced lock, blackened wooden base with four twisted columns joined by a non-original spacer. Dimensions open: 121x170 with base. Cabinet only: 62x61 closed