Candlestick (pair with .1481)

Art Historical Context

This elegant pair of candlesticks, one featured here (paired with .1481), fine European metalwork from the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.ed from a reddish-toned copper alloy, each stands 50 cm tall—excluding the pricket, the slender spike designed to secure a candle. The warm, lustrous material not only evokes durability and opulence but also highlights the metalworker's skill in achieving a rich patina through alloying techniques common in historical European workshops. Dated to the 19th century but faithfully rendered in the robust 17th-century Flemish or German...