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