The Trivulzio candelabrum in the sixteenth century: documents and hypotheses

• Autores: Silvio Leydi
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1294, 2011, págs. 4-12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The writer discusses the history of the Trivulzio candelabrum in the 16th century on the basis of documentation that has recently come to light. This masterpiece of medieval art, the largest seven-branched medieval bronze candelabrum still in existence, looms in the left transept of Milan Cathedral in Milan, Italy. This complex and mysterious object is conventionally dated to 1200 and arrived at Milan Cathedral in the mid 16th century, the gift of the Archipresbyter Giovanni' Battista Trivulzio. Its origins remain obscure, however, with no authoritative account of its manufacture or of its history in the first 350 years of its existence. Now, thanks to the discovery of some unpublished documents in the archive of the Fabbrica del Duomo, it is possible to give a more complete account of the story of Trivulzio's gift.