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Source Description
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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Document identity
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20860
label
Candlestick with a Young Page
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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20860
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Candlestick with a Young Page
description
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
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.
date
14th-15th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
candlesticks
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.6
height
10.8
depth
11.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 3/4 x W: 4 1/4 x D: 4 9/16 in. (14.6 x 10.8 x 11.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
German
style
Gothic
med
bronze
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none
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MED
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13
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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44d58774a16f214d
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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55c435c510b68c34
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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a6a5502f9d89832f
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no
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no