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The Trivulzio candelabrum in the sixteenth century: documents and hypotheses

01/2011 | 1294 | 153

Pages: 4-12

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Author:

Leydi, Silvio (Leydi, Silvio)

Subjects

buildings:

Duomo di Milano, Milan, Italy

dates:

1190-1199 / 1200-1249 / 1520-1549 / 1550-1599

patrons:

Trivulzio, Giovanni Battista

print:

Candelabras (candleholders)

subjects:

Candelabras (candleholders) / Candlesticks / Bronzes / Gemstone / Medieval / Provenance / Documentation / Restoration (process) / Account books / Payments

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Documents

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Attribution

subjects:

French sculpture / Anglo-French / French / Italian / Metalworkers

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Christian iconography / Iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

12. Breastplate, attributed to Giovan Paolo Negroli. c.1540–45. Steel, brass, leather and textile, 3.05 kg. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Western art unattributed:

1. The Trivulzio candelabrum. c.1200, with additions of the mid-sixteenth century. Bronze with inlaid gemstones, approx. 5 by 4 m. (Milan Cathedral).

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10. Detail of Fig.1 showing a plain border.

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11. Detail of Fig.1 showing the Sacrifice of Isaac with ornamented border.

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13. Detail of Fig.1 showing a probable self-portrait of Giovan Antonio Busca.

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2. Detail from a mural painting at Saint-Julien, Le Petit-Quevilly (near Rouen). 1183–90.

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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing part of the base of the Trivulzio candelabrum with the Coronation of Esther, David and Goliath, Virtues and Vices and signs of the zodiac.

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4. Detail of Fig.1: Coronation of Esther.

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5. Detail of Fig.1: David and Goliath.

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6. Detail of Fig.1: Temptation of Adam and Eve.

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7. Detail of Fig.1: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

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8. Detail of Fig.1 showing a dragon attacked by griffons.

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9. Detail of Fig.1 showing a female caryatid attacked by snakes.

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