# Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

**Andrea di Lione** (Italian, 1610–1685)  
1642/44 or 1647/51  
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper laid down on off-white laid paper  
Primary support: 23.4 × 17.1 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 26 × 19 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.881. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/248307).

## About this work

Andrea di Lione painted this in 1642/44 or 1647/51, aged about 32. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper laid down on off-white laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Andrea di Lione](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/andrea-di-lione)

Italian, 1610–1685

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: Italy
- The artist was about 32
- Real size: about 9 × 6½ in (23 × 17 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Baroque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/baroque)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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