Design for a Candlestick, Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on green-gray paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a candlestick. Below is a base in whose upper moulding the designer inscribed in pen and ink 'onci 2:12.' The boy Hercules is shown standing upon his right leg and strangling a snake with his left hand. His right hand is raised, carrying a vase as the socket. Written on the vase is 'di Getto.' Accounts are written in graphite in the upper left corner in pen and ink on verso., Rome, Italy, mid- 19th century, lighting, Drawing

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