Design for the base of a candlestick

Inventory number: CVH 485 recto
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for the base of a candlestick, with design variations: on the left, with a vase shape in Rococo style, on the right, in baluster form with a few floral motifs. The base itself of the left-hand candlestick has also been conceived with design variations: On the left-hand side with scrolls, on the right-hand side with an angel’s head and -torso that ends in a fishtail.

Artist:

Willem Herreyns

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Brown ink and pencil on paper

Dimensions:

313 x 197 mm

Marks :

Inscription at the bottom, approximately in the middle.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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