Design for a Candlestick

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Artist: Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
Date: ca. 1530–46
Medium: Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, over traces of black chalk and some incised lines made with a straight edge
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 6 11/16 in. (36.3 x 17 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Walter E. Stait, 2010
Accession no.: 2010.450.2

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Giulio Romano
1540/46 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003527
Daedalus and Icarus
Giulio Romano
early 1530s · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005727
Daedalus and Icarus
Giulio Romano
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005728
Design for a Frieze with a Putto and Acanthus Leaves
Giulio Romano
c. 1520 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011256

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.