Object Number | 48-2-243 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | German |
Provenience | Italy |
Date Made | 1400-1499 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Youth |
Description | Candle holder: youth blowing horn. Traces of greenish patina above the waist. Below the waist is a mottled brown and yellow patina common to brass of this period. Young boy standing on a screw base, blowing a horn held in his left hand. marked indentation across his chest. Hole in his outstretched hand would have originally held a pricket-type candle holder. He wears a peaked cap, pointed shoes, and a short tunic with ruffles at bottom. |
Height | 12.2 cm |
Width | 3.5 cm |
Depth | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 280 - Collector Number | L-2-238 - Old Loan Number |
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