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Candlestick

ca. 1570 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a bronze candlestick made in Italy in about 1570. The candlestick is in the form of a cupid bearing a vase on his shoulder and supported on a triangular pedestal ornamented with cherubs' heads and sea horses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Base
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Candlestick, bronze, with a statuette of Cupid, Italy, 16th century
Physical description
Candlestick of a statuette of a cupid bearing a vase on his shoulder and supported on a triangular pedestal ornamented with cherubs' heads and sea horses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
Object history
Bought in 1865 for £15 from the Soulages Collection.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This is a bronze candlestick made in Italy in about 1570. The candlestick is in the form of a cupid bearing a vase on his shoulder and supported on a triangular pedestal ornamented with cherubs' heads and sea horses.
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1865. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 11
Collection
Accession number
562:1,2-1865

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Record createdApril 22, 2008
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