File:Drawing, Designs for Altar Candlesticks and Candle Brackets, late 18th century (CH 18546371).jpg

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English: Drawing, Designs for Altar Candlesticks and Candle Brackets, late 18th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Designs for Altar Candlesticks and Candle Brackets, late 18th century
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. At left and right, two candlesticks with hexagonal bases with concave sides, supported by leaf scrolls. In the decorations of the candlestick at left, scallops of a cloth with tassels. A mask is at the upper knob. The candlestick at right has cherubim at the oblique sides of the upper section of the pedestal. The bowl below its socket has the shape of a shell. The brackets, either for one candle, are in the center. They are drawn in a vertical row, in profile with the wall at right. The forms consist of scrolls. Part of the candles are also shown.
Date late 18th century
Medium pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, black chalk on paper
Dimensions 33.6 × 22.3 cm (13 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1938-88-556
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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  • Type: Drawing
  • Country: Italy
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