BUREAU-CABINET
c. 1715
Measurements
235.5 × 102.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Arthur Allen, 1968
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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The Picasso Century | Online tour
Video
Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Video
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
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Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Video
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Virtual Curator Tour | Goya
Video
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Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote: Redesigning Artificial Intelligence – From Australia Out
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Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
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TIWI | Exhibition video tour
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Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
Explore the collection
Windsor bench
(UNITED STATES) (manufacturer)
Ulysses and the Sirens
John William WATERHOUSE
International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life, Paris, medal
Pierre TURIN (designer)
Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina
Thomas de KEYSER
The finding of the True Cross
COLA dell'Amatrice
VASE
Furstenberg (manufacturer)
International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925
André GIRARD
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
Mother and child
Cornelis de VOS
BOWL & COVER
Swansea (manufacturer)
Eldorado pulcheria, ewer
AURELIANO TOSO DECORATIVE GLASSWORKS, Murano (manufacturer); Dino MARTENS (designer)
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Scaramouche and Columbine
MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller)
Untitled (Red)
Mark ROTHKO
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
(Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight)
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law
John Rogers HERBERT
Bonds Emission poster for the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry
Henri RAPIN
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)
Weeping woman
Pablo PICASSO
VASE
CHELSEA (manufacturer)
SPUR
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
The Virgin and Child
FLANDERS
Portrait of a gentleman
Louis TOCQUÉ
WINE CAN
Zurich (manufacturer)
Commemorative Certificate awarded at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925
Louis Pierre RIGAL (draughtsman); Omer BOUCHERY (etcher)
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry, Paris, medal
Pierre TURIN (designer)
International Exposition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life, Paris, box
Paul-Marcel DAMMANN (designer)