Candlestick

Art Historical Context

This elegant candlestick, standing 50 cm tall (excluding its pricket, the spike for securing a candle), exemplifies fine European metalwork from the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.ed from a reddish-toned copper alloy—likely a brass or bronze variant—it boasts a rich patina that evokes the warmth of candlelight it was designed to hold. Acquired in 1975, this piece highlights the museum's commitment to preserving masterful objects of everyday luxury. Dated tentatively to the 19th, the candlestick revives the robust, ornate style of 17th-century Flemish or German craf...