Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques
date: label: Date
content: early 16th century
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left, a double baluster candelabrum in profile with ram's head and sphinx on pedestal. At right, a grotesque design shows sphinxes, harpies, roosters and satyrs with hourglass entwined with vine tendrils.
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 Walter Leo Hildburgh
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1956-41-1
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 brown ink on paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26.4 × 20 cm (10 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)