Title

Design for a candelabrum, 16th century, (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Design for a candelabrum, 16th century, (1881). Italian design for a candlestick, featuring winged sphinxes and garlands. Engraving after a copy of a drawing by Francesco Salviati. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_037

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,5Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,6in x 19,0in / 3771 x 5700 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian arts country book museum design decorative ornate Renaissance location century metalwork literature Sphinx concept candlestick candelabra candelabrum 19th century B W Victoria and Albert Museum 16th century nineteenth century sixteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum winged figure etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A Francesco Salviati Salviati Francesco de Rossi Francesco de' Rossi Il Salviati Cecchino del Salviati V&A Museum Sampson Low Francesco The South Kensington Museum Marston