id: 122542 accession number: 1942.802 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.802 updated: 2023-01-10 22:02:28.025000 Paschal Candlestick, c. 1525–1550. Northern Italy, possibly Padua, 16th century. Bronze; overall: 123.2 x 41 x 44 cm (48 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.802 title: Paschal Candlestick title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1525–1550 creation date earliest: 1525 creation date latest: 1550 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Northern Italy, possibly Padua, 16th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 123.2 x 41 x 44 cm (48 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 17 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00 Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Palazzo of the Spada-Varaldi (Bologna, Italy) date: footnotes: citations: Prince Spada (Rome, Italy) date: footnotes: citations: Art market (Amsterdam, Netherlands date: footnotes: citations: French and Co. (New York, New York), sold to John L. Severance. date: footnotes: citations: John L. Severance, upon his death, held in trust by the estate. date: footnotes: citations: Estate of John L. Severance, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In Roman Catholic practice, a large candlestick holds the Paschal Candle, blessed and lit for the first time on Easter eve, then used on significant occasions throughout the year. Despite its religious function, the decorations here are entirely secular-ranging from panthers and bound satyrs to the heads of raptors and goats. These elements derive from ancient Roman sculpture and were especially popular among intellectuals in northern Italy, who were actively exploring connections among pagan traditions, ancient philosophy, and Christianity. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [28], Plate XII, cat. no. 22; Mention: p. 31, cat. no. 22 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n35 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 236 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n51 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.802/1942.802_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.802/1942.802_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.802/1942.802_full.tif