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The image depicts an ornate chandelier with detailed metalwork, angelic figures, and a central statue of a religious figure holding a child, all highlighted in gold and bronze tones. The color palette includes gold, bronze, and soft brown shades, with touches of light beige in the background. The chandelier is placed prominently in the center of the image against a backdrop of architectural details.
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The image depicts an ornate chandelier with detailed metalwork, angelic figures, and a central statue of a religious figure holding a child, all highlighted in gold and bronze tones. The color palette includes gold, bronze, and soft brown shades, with touches of light beige in the background. The chandelier is placed prominently in the center of the image against a backdrop of architectural details.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Chandelier with the Virgin Mary Holding the Christ Child

Sir Frederic William Burton

Date
1840s/1850s
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite, heightened with white, on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.7 x 25 cm (11 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.15
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • object
  • British
  • Chandelier
Provenance

(J.S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1973-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower left in black ink: FWB; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: PW[I?]

NGA object ID 75880. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.