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Pair of candlesticks
Also titled Paar kandelaars
Johannes Schiotling (Göteborg, 1730–1799)
1785
- Medium
- silver (metal)
- Classification
- candlestick
- Dimensions
- height 19 cm x diameter 9.9 cm x weight 378 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
These candlesticks with acanthus leaves, medallions and festoons were inspired by a design by Paris artist Jean François Forty that was published around 1780. This type of short candlestick was probably intended for a dressing or gaming table.
