Two candelsticks
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780–1785
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left: below is a plant. From a row of dolphins with upright tails springs the head of a horse, upon which a putto kneels, supporting a stem from which four leaves spring, each supporting a burning candle. At right: below is a round base. The head, the neck, and the fore-hoofs of a horse emerge from water. From the head springs a stem similar to the left one yet apparently with six branches. A flying putto leans his left hand against the stem and holds in his right hand what seems to be the reins. Colored background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2024
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 22.7 x 14.2 cm (8 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)