Candlestick (one of a pair)
T. D., London
1686–87
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
British, London
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
Accession Number
68.141.306
About the Artist
T. D., London · 1686–1687
T. D., a British painter active in London during the brief period of 1686–1687, remains one of the most enigmatic figures in late 17th-century English art. Little is known about his personal life, origins, or training, as contemporary records and later compilations, including Wikipedia's lists of British painters and art historical surveys, yield no specific details on his birth, death, family rel...