Chandelier

Unknown

second half of 17th century · Brass · Robert Lehman Collection

This chandelier has two series of eight S-shaped branches protruding from grotesque snakes’ (or dolphins’) heads around a baluster shaft resting on a massive globe. The branches and shaft have been correspondingly numbered from one to eight, with the exception of number three, indicated by three small bars, and number five, denoted by a crescent moon or the letter C.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of 17th century

Medium

Brass

Culture

Netherlandish

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975