A Candlestick with Four Branches
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Artist
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The oblong plinth of a half circular pedestal of marble is supported by two eagles. The pedestal is decorated above and below by elaborated moldings, and in the main field with oblong panels with frames tangent to each other, and with figures of the Muses inside. The shaft is surrounded by three girls supporting its entablature upon which a vase stands. From its inside hang downwards the four branches with burning candles. Above it rises a pedestal with a figure of Jupiter Tonans with the eagle standing beside him.
place: label: made in
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-96
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 51.1 × 24.9 cm (20 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)