Box In Arte Povera, Venice, 18th Century

- square box
- Wood covered with en engraving paper, painted and varnished : "Arte Povera" technique
- Venice, 18th century
- Good condition, wet, very bright colors inthe interior
- Length: 27.5 cm; Width: 19.7 cm; height: 7.8
- Box decorated in Arte Povera technic with a mythological scene of Poseidon on his quadriga, on the half-paneled lid. The interior of the paper box dominated by a grid with lillies. Inside the cover a sea monster on a red painted background surrounded by a frame of foliage and flowers on a white background.
- Box probably from a toilet, a fashionable object at the end of the 17th century. Following the sumptuary edicts of Louis XIV prohibiting the production of such objects in precious metal, this production of "small objects" in wood, straw or varnished, Martin or Arte Povera, developed. We find this production largely in Italy and Provence, a few examples in Germany. This production could be as well works of Ladies or of specialized workshops.