Pair of mirrored double doors

Lorenzo de Ferrari

ca. 1743–44 · Lindenwood, carved and gilded; mirrored glass panels, walnut, pine · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These are part of a set of four double doors made for the Golden Gallery in the Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, now the Chamber of Commerce in Genoa. The doors were purchased and brought to New York in the late 1890s by the American architect Stanford White.

Artist

Lorenzo de Ferrari

Date

ca. 1743–44

Medium

Lindenwood, carved and gilded; mirrored glass panels, walnut, pine

Culture

Italian, Genoa

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1991