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Candlestick with Snake and Dolphin Head
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The object is cast in three parts: the arm, the drip pan, the candle holder. The arm has the shape of a lying S. At the part where the two eyes are attached for mounting on the wall or pulpit it ends in a dolphin's head. The part in which the candle holder is screwed onto the drip pan has the shape of a four-leaf knot. The arm is decorated with scrolls executed in the baroque style and with a snake coiling around the arm. The pin onto which the arm must be inserted is missing. The drip pan is perforated for electrical wiring.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLichtarm met slang en dolfijnenkop. 1625 - 1675. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.