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Branch of a candelabrum with Mary holding the Christ Child
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Branch of a candelabrum with Mary holding the Christ Child

anonymous · c. 1525 - c. 1550 · riveted; casting; forging; brazed; iron (metal); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The object consists of an iron rod and an iron splitting pin, and the following cast parts of yellow copper: the hanging ring, the figure of Mary with the crown nailed to her head and her nailed left hand with the Christ child, the stem, on top of which a round plate is brazed for covering, and at the bottom an iron eye with two lugs is riveted (through which the rod must be inserted), the lion's head with the pull ring, the collar. The more or less eight-sided round hanging ring transitions at the bottom into an eight-sided hollow pipe. The figure of Mary placed on the crescent moon is surrounded by a halo of rays. Her dress and mantle are decorated with punched stars. Her hair reaches to the middle of the back. The crown is composed of five fleurs-de-lis. The hollow and round-profiled stem has, between the two standing rings, a flattened spherical shape decorated with a rib.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStam van kaarsenkroon met Maria met Christuskind. c. 1525 - c. 1550. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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