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Verscheijde Caonstige Vindingen

Print
1651-1653 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 2.

Design for a candlestick with a base consisting of three goat's legs and a tall stem with dolphin's heads at the tops. Two fork handles frame the candlestick.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVerscheijde Caonstige Vindingen (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Gerbrant van den Eeckhout, Johannes Lutma, Adam van Vianen and others. Plate 2 from a suite of 14 designs for candlesticks, plates and cutlery entitled 'Verscheijde Caonstige Vindingen' published by Cornelis I Danckerts, Amsterdam, 1651-1653.
Physical description
Plate 2.

Design for a candlestick with a base consisting of three goat's legs and a tall stem with dolphin's heads at the tops. Two fork handles frame the candlestick.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 23.1cm
  • Cut to width: 16.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower right of the plate: C. Dankers excud. / 2'
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1264.
Collection
Accession number
29456:15

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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