Set of four candlesticks

Peruvian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 535

These candlesticks originally belonged to a set of six that illuminated an altar dedicated to Our Lady of the Pomegranate, a miracle-working sculpture venerated in the town of Llerena in southwestern Spain. The candlesticks and a matching chalice were sent from Peru by a Spanish devotee of the Virgin. Their austere “purist” style, current in both Spain and Spanish America, is visually offset by prominent knops displaying pomegranates that reference the church’s titular Virgin.

Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian

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Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian
Set of four candlesticks, Silver, chased, engraved, Peruvian

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