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Candlestick with a Young Page

14th-15th century (Medieval)
bronze
(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.

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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.

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1998-2001 Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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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

Centre Street: Third Floor: The Great Room

Accession Number

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54.84

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