FLEMISH, 15TH CENTURY STYLE

细节

A BRONZE CANDELABRUM
FLEMISH, 15TH CENTURY STYLE
In the form of a male and female figure each holding a cylindrical nozzle; above a spiral stem and a lobed foot; inscribed in red underneath with the inventory number '311'; blackish brown patina with greenish brown high points
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

来源

Purchased by Alfred (1853-1906) or Otto Beit (1865-1930) between 1904 and 1913.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.

出版

W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 120, no. 311, as 'Unknown Flemish artist'.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Another example of this candlestick, albeit with a different foot, is included in the catalogue of bronzes and plaquettes in the Kunstgewerbe Museum, catalogued as 'South German, mid 15th century'. See K. Pechstein, Bronzen und Plaketten, Berlin, 1968, no. 3.