Silver candlestick
by LOOFS, Adam, Silver, height 29 cm
This candlestick with a female figure as the stem is an early example in Dutch silver of the influence of the French style popular at the court of Louis XIV. Louis XIV’s interiors were emulated all over Europe. Foreign goldsmiths came to Paris to absorb the latest designs and techniques, as the Dutch-born Adam Loofs did before returning to the Hague.