How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Buy a print or image licence
You can purchase this reproduction
If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
This is a cassone, or wedding chest, a traditional part of the furnishing of a wealthy Renaissance home. Pairs of chests were often purchased by the groom as part of the ‘counter-dowry’ and the paintings on them often told moral tales suitable for prosperous families. Here the wicked schoolmaster of Falerii tries to betray his city by offering a besieging general a group of children as hostages, but is refused. Although drawn from classical literature, the story has been reworked to make it appealing to contemporary Italians – everyone is in versions of fifteenth-century dress, and Falerii is shown as a walled medieval town rather than a classical city. Although cassoni were made throughout Italy, they have been particularly associated with Tuscany and Florence.
Title
The Story of the Schoolmaster of Falerii
Date
late 15th century
Medium
Egg tempera on carved and gilded wood
Measurements
H 38.4 x W 127.6 cm
Accession number
NG3826
Acquisition method
Presented by the Misses Lindsay, 1912
Work type
Painting
