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Lot 1484 Dα

A brass chandelier with a male figure

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 40.000 € (incl. premium)
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A brass chandelier with a male figure

Cast in several parts and partially screw-mounted. Depicting a man in Dutch Renaissance costume carrying the two candle sconces in his outstretched arms. H 33, W 28 cm.
Attributed to Southern Netherlands or Nuremberg, last quarter 16th C.

Provenance

Albrecht Neuhaus, Würzburg.
Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Illus. In Lockner, Messing 15. - 17. Jahrhundert, Würzburg/Munich 1982, illus. 341, p. 171.
A similar candlestick in the Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Deutschland,second quarter 16th century, inv. no. R213, in Hoos (ed.), Kerzenleuchter aus acht Jahrhunderten, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt 1987, no. 54.
Cf. also the figure in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, attributed to Nuremberg, first half 16th century, inv. no. BK-16927.