Two designs for candlesticks
Drawing
16th century (drawn)
16th century (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Drawing, Two designs for candlesticks, on separate sheets, mounted side by side, as though on one sheet, school of Perino del Vaga, Italy, pen and ink and wash over black chalk, 16th century
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Two designs for candlesticks (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash over black chalk |
| Brief description | Drawing, Two designs for candlesticks, on separate sheets, mounted side by side, as though on one sheet, school of Perino del Vaga, Italy, pen and ink and wash over black chalk, 16th century |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | PROVENANCE W. Mayor (Lugt 2799); bought 1875 |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, cat. 397, p. 180, illus.
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school of
VAGA, PERINO DEL
Designs for metalwork
397
Two designs for candlesticks, on separate sheets, mounted side by side, as though on one sheet
Pen and ink and wash over black chalk
Size of sheet 12 x 7 1/4 (305 x 183) 8075
PROVENANCE W. Mayor (Lugt 2799); bought 1875
LITERATURE Mayor Catalogue, no. 68; J. F. Hayward, 'The mannerist goldsmiths' in The Connoisseur, 149, 1962, p. 159, fig. 4
Formerly attributed to Giovanni da Udine, but clearly by the same hand as a drawing of two maces in the British Museum (no. 19579-11-1; Pouncey and Gere, no. 188). The British Museum drawing is tentatively ascribed by Pouncey and Gere to Perino's assistant Luzio Romano. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8075 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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