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Arm with candlestick of a candelabrum of two heights, each with eight arms
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Arm with candlestick of a candelabrum of two heights, each with eight arms

anonymous · 1525 - 1550 · casting; screwed; brass (alloy)

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

About this work

Candle arm belonging to a two-tiered candelabrum with a figure of Mary at the top. The arm is bent twice and decorated with nine bunches of grapes and five vine leaves. The round drip pan is decorated at the bottom with six round lobes. The candle socket is hexagonal, openwork, mounted on a double hollow-rounded profiled base, transitioning into a projection with a screw thread. This is the seventh arm of the lower ring, numbered with 7 round dots. The candle socket is unnumbered.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
chandelier
Credit lineArm met kaarsenhouder van kaarsenkroon van twee hoogten met ieder acht armen. 1525 - 1550. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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