Etruscan Candelabrum Finial (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum'). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-1/4 x 5-5/16 in. (21.0 x 13.5 cm). Date: 1620-40.This highly worked up drawing in red chalk portrays in great detail an Etruscan bronze candelabrum finial, of the late Archaic period and datable about 510-480 BC, that is also in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection (47.11.3), and is on view in Gallery 170, Department of Greek and Roman Art. This drawing is surprisingly close in scale to the actual object. The bronze finial represents a pair of warriors, one wounded and limping who is supported by the other. This is therefore a rare and felicitous instance in which both the visual source and the drawing are owned by the same institution.This drawing is in a style and on an annotated mount that are typical of the "Paper Museum," or Museo Cartaceo, that was compiled in Rome by Cassiano dal Pozzo (1598-1657) with the help of his brother, Ca
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