Drawing, Two Designs for Candelabra

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Francesco Santini. It is dated 1838 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, varnish on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

60.7 × 38.9 cm (23 7/8 × 15 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: C. G.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, between the drawings with ornament at top and bottom: 1838. / Due diversi candellieri ideati, ed / eseguiti in disegno, dal Prof: Architetto / Francesco Santini relativi ad un / de maggiori altari; considerati l' / uno da eseguirsi in metallo do= / rato, l'altro in argento. / Di questi due nuove idee, o da ognu = / na di esse, si potra comporne una me = / dia semplificata, eseguibile pure / in argento con ornati, o fo" / gliami di bronzo dora= / to

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