Candlestick (one of a pair)

Master I. C. (probably Jean Court or Jean de Court)|Heinrich Aldegrever

ca. 1560–70 · Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The processions of infants on the drip pans were taken from engravings by the anonymous Italian Master of the Die (active ca. 1532). The labors of Hercules depicted on the repoussé medallions around the base of one of the candlesticks are after engravings by the German Heinrich Aldegrever (1502–after 1555); gods of classical antiquity fill the medallions on the other example.

Artist

Master I. C. (probably Jean Court or Jean de Court)|Heinrich Aldegrever

Date

ca. 1560–70

Medium

Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt

Culture

French, Limoges

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1939