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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Candlestick
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Candlestick

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1730
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
InscribedMarked on base with town mark for Valenciennes, and an unidentified maker's mark.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.1248
Not on view
DescriptionSquare stepped base with stem rising from a depressed center, with two knobs. On the base of the candlestick, the inscription reads: ; "+ d + de + ba + Aesme + de + Mr (raised with period under it) I + le + livere + A + M"

Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1749
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1700
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Venetian
1900-1940
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Venetian
1900-1940
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1768
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
provided by Sam Fogg Gallery
Unknown
ca.1320-1340