Candelabrum: Swan Among Rushes

c. 1750

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G12

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain

  • Credit Line

    Gift of George D. Widener

  • Dimensions

    overall size: 68.6 x 61.6 x 45.1 cm (27 x 24 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.20.2.a

Associated Artworks

Candelabrum (girandole)

French 18th Century, Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH

1750

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. [Eleanore Elkins Widener] Alexander Hamilton Rice; her son, George D. Widener Jr. [1889-1971]; bequest 1972 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Art Nouveau, 1890-1914, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2000-2001, no. 52 (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

2000

  • Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. Exh. cat. Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. London, 2000: no. 52.

Inscriptions

at back of base: (Meissen porcelain crossed swords)

Markings

FM: Meissen

Wikidata ID

Q62286820

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