Altar candlestick (pair with 1975.1.1383)
Object type: Candlestick
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Artist: Andrea di Alessandri, called Il Bresciano
Artist bio: Italian, Brescia ca. 1530–ca. 1569 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1565
Medium: Copper alloy with a thick black varnish patina.
Dimensions: H. 62 cm.
Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Caryatids|Sphinx