Painted Baroque Chest of Drawers, Italy, Mid-18th Century

Italian Baroque chest of drawers with four drawers and a faceted front. The dynamically shaped hardware is made of brass. The front is finished in an ochre-yellow tone, while the top surface and base are painted brown. The drawer fronts are decorated with animal silhouettes set within rounded cartouches at the sides and centrally placed female figures rendered in an antiquizing classical style.