Four Grotesque Candelabrum
date: label: Date
content: 1600–1630
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Five stripes had been prepared with incised lines. First stripe, at left: a terminus stands at the bottom; an ovoidal medallion with a lying woman is over it. A harpy, two figures flanking a turnip, a vertical garland motif. Second stripe: a standing boy supports a base upon which a half figure splashes liquid from the breast upon flames in pitchers at the bottom. The half figure of a harpy in a pavilion with a cherub on top is shown in the center. A winged girl holding a cloth behind her legs is on top. Third Stripe: a clothed woman stands upon a base at the bottom. Three putti of various sizes, a plant, a star are shown in the middle. Fourth stripe: A putto supports a base, at the bottom. The statue of a god in a pavilion is in the center. An animal seated upright upon a grotesque head and a girl in a panel are on top.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-6721
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red chalk, incised lines on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26.9 x 19.2cm (10 9/16 x 7 9/16in.)