The Rothschild Lamp | |
Artist: | Andrea Riccio |
Year: | 1510–20 |
Material: | Bronze |
Height Metric: | 121.9 |
Width Metric: | 186.4 |
City: | New York City |
Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession: | 2009.58 |
The Rothschild Lamp is a 16th-century bronze oil lamp. Made by Italian gold and metal-smith Andrea Riccio, the lamp was a longtime possession of the Rothschild family. The lamp was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2009, and remains in the museum's collection.[1]