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Period
Romanesque
Date
ca. 1140–60
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.
467704

Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon

Unknown maker, ca. 1140–60

Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 · Public domain

The record

Maker
Unknown maker
Date
ca. 1140–60
Medium
Gilded copper alloy
Dimensions
7 5/8 in. × 6 in. × 4 in. (19.4 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Period
Romanesque

Why it matters

Pricket Candlestick with a Naked Youth Fighting a Dragon, dated ca. 1140–60, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Gilded copper alloy. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 7 5/8 in. × 6 in. × 4 in. (19.4 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.