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Candlestick with a Young Page
(Medieval Europe )
Affluent homes had candles and oil lamps, which were too expensive for the poor. This candle holder demonstrates the desire to make home furnishings ornamental, imaginative, and indicative of status. It is cast in the shape of a young page who kneels to hold the candle for his "lord"--understood to be the person to whom this candlestick belonged.
Provenance
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Lehmann [secretary to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild], Paris; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1998-2001 | Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/4 x W: 4 1/4 x D: 4 9/16 in. (14.6 x 10.8 x 11.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.84