Ontwerp voor een kandelaar 1575 - 1600

This pen and ink drawing by Bernardino India, an Italian artist of the Mannerist period, is a design for a candelabrum. It is dated to between 1575 and 1600. The drawing depicts a putto standing on a base adorned with fantastic beasts. The putto holds a tall staff, which is surmounted by a decorative crown, likely for holding candles. This drawing is characteristic of India's style, which combined a sense of movement and dynamic composition with a refined, even elegant, approach to detail. The drawing would have been used as a model for a real, three-dimensional candelabrum.