Chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c. ,Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Fragment of the chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c., Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021 Chandelier, 2nd half of 17th c. ,Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo by Alantė Valtaitė-Gagač, 2021

Nurme Evangelical Lutheran Church

The code in the Cultural heritage register – 8798

Address: Lauciena, Laucienes pag., Latvia

Time of origin: 1650-1699

Place of origin: Latvia (?)

Material, Technique: bronze: casting, turning, cizeling, engraving

Dimensions: height – 115 cm, diameter – 80 cm

The naked woman at the bottom of the chandelier is the allegory of the transiency. Similar chandeliers are hanging in the churches of Sweden and Germany.

Literature and sources:
  1. Latvijas PSR vēstures un kultūras pieminekļu saraksts. Riga: Avots, 1984, p. 304