File:Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, ca. 1820 (CH 18547483).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, ca. 1820   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, ca. 1820
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. At bottom, a base with two kneeling angels supporting a cloth, on top of which stands a second base, on which seated griffons holding garlands support the shaft; between them the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823). The shaft consists of two pieces of fluted and foliated columns with a caryatid. Wings are slightly sketched in graphite at the caryatid's shoulders; a garland is wound around her above the socket with the candle.
Date circa 1820
date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
Dimensions 58.5 × 29.3 cm (23 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1938-88-608
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Inscriptions Watermark: like Churchill 433 without the initails
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and ink, bottom center: G
  • Country: Italy
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