ECL-Bn.13:71-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:71-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Candelabrum with three sided base: side 1.
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn. 13. 71-73 are catalogued together as all details of the same candelabrum
Description
Content (description)
The candelabrum is very ornate. At the bottom is a three-sided base with horned and bearded masks for feet, between which hang garlands. Over each mask crouches a Pan with his hands behind his back. Above the base sphinxes with scrolls instead of legs sit back to look back to look around a central pillar, which supports a 'casket' ornamented with arches, garlands and shells. At the top a Pan and Panesse copulate.
The panel on the three-sided base in this view shows the fight between Hercules and the Centaur Nessus in a landscape.
Beneath the candelabrum is the inscription: Antiquam hanc lampadem/e Museo Colbertino allatam/ Domino Harleo inter [Greek] sua/reponendam D D Matthaeus Prior
The panel on the three-sided base in this view shows the fight between Hercules and the Centaur Nessus in a landscape.
Beneath the candelabrum is the inscription: Antiquam hanc lampadem/e Museo Colbertino allatam/ Domino Harleo inter [Greek] sua/reponendam D D Matthaeus Prior
Content (object)
candelabrum
Dimensions
height (actual size): 526mm
width (actual size): 355mm
width (actual size): 355mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730