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: 69.2 x 59 x 40 cm (27 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.20.1.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

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, brochure, no. 56, as Candelabrum and Girandole: Swan Among Rushes by Johann Joachim Kaendler and French 18th Century.

Inscriptions

at back of base: (Meissen porcelain crossed swords)

Markings

FM: Meissen

Wikidata ID

Q62286819

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