Baraffael Family Hanukkah Lamp
Object type: Hanukkah lamp
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Rome
Artist: Gaspare Vanneschi
Artist bio: Italian, active Rome, 1758–1787
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1773–75
Medium: Silver, embossed, engraved, punched; soft wood back support
Dimensions: confirmed: 16 9/16 × 11 9/16 × 3 3/4 in. (42 × 29.4 × 9.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Leon D. and Debra R. Black, Betsy and Ed Cohen/Arete, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch, Álvaro Saieh Bendeck, Ruth and Andrew Suzman, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H.  Lee, and Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Gifts, 2018
Accession year: 2018