# Cassone

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JACOPO del SELLAIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on wood, gold leaf, 212 x 193 x 76 cm

## Commentary

This cassone \(a Florentine wedding chest\), one of a pair, was made for the wedding of Donna Vaggia di Tanai di Francesco di Nerli and Lorenzo di Matteo di Morello in 1472. The lower scene is Camillus Defeating the Gauls, the upper, Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge against the Etruscans. The figures on the ends of the cassone represents virtues. The cassone was painted by Jacopo del Sellaio and Biagio d&#39;Antonio, and the woodworker who built the chest was Zanobi di Domenico.

## Related artworks

- [Coronation of Esther by Ahasuerus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/coronation-of-esther-by-ahasuerus-r6fa503dadb3cad>)
- [Esther before Ahasuerus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/esther-before-ahasuerus-r28ac3c0b428373>)
- [Madonna and Child with Infant St John the Baptist and Attending Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/madonna-and-child-with-infant-st-john-the-baptist-and-attending-angel-r65bc50b2a24ef7>)
- [Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/nativity-r70d32adb7b2f59>)
- [Saint John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/saint-john-the-baptist-rba7bdffe434ad6>)
- [Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/scenes-from-the-story-of-the-argonauts-r80f13226a694c8>)
- [St Jerome in the Wilderness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/st-jerome-in-the-wilderness-ra3320c4a23d523>)
- [St John the Baptist \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/st-john-the-baptist-detail-r46f11147aed57f>)
- [St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/st-john-the-baptist-r2aae1a2c9b0573>)
- [The Banquet of Ahasuerus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/the-banquet-of-ahasuerus-r5ad4bb4cf589d9>)
- [The Banquet of Vashti](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/the-banquet-of-vashti-r93d5725b1811ab>)
- [The Nerli Cassone](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacopo-del-sellaio-rf58ad3269247e1/the-nerli-cassone-rec793f62c616e1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)