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Chandelier with tabernacle (Kapellenkrone)

ca. 1450–70
Not on view
The branches and shaft of the chandelier have been correspondingly numbered with a system of drill holes. The branches and nozzles are similar in shape to those of a large tabernacle-chandelier from the church of Saint James at The Hague and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chandelier with tabernacle (Kapellenkrone)
  • Date: ca. 1450–70
  • Culture: South Netherlandish, Dinant (?)
  • Medium: Brass
  • Dimensions: H. 113.5 cm, L. of long branches 36.8 cm, L. of short branches 11.4 cm
  • Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1422
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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