BlackForestBear defines these as fixtures which "incorporated the torso of a bare-breasted maiden, hunter or monk who appeared to hover above the room's occupants on antler wings. Early examples of these chandeliers were illustrated in a manuscript by Willem Vrelant in the university library at Erlanger and in engravings by Lucas Cranach, circa 1540." While most of them are female, there are a few male examples (Leuchtermännchen).
Lüsterweibchen (side ) c. 1425; the oldest known exampleLüsterweibchen , late Middle AgesLüsterweibchen , 15th centuryLüsterweibchen , Upper Rhine or Swabia, c. 1500Leuchterweibchen made in Basel (carved by Martin Lebzelter?) c. 1510-1515Leuchterweibchen (actually a man and a woman) with a coat of arms, c. 1501-1515 (also front and detail )Lüsterweibchen (carved by Tilman Riemenschneider?) c. 1510-1515 (also here )Leuchterweibchen from South Tyrol, c. 1510-1520Sketch of a leuchterweibchen by Albrecht Dürer, 1513 Lucretia , c. 1520-1530Drachenleuchter (a three-headed dragon), 1522 (more pictures here , here , here , here , here , here , here , and here )Dragon on antlers in the style of the lüsterweibchen, 16th centuryLeuchterweibchen from Heideck, 16th century (front , side )Lüsterweibchen with coat of arms, 16th centuryLüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail, 16th centuryLüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail and coat of arms, 16th centuryLüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail and coat of arms, 16th centuryLeuchtermännchen with coat of arms, 16th centuryLüsterweibchen made in Nuremburg c. 1550Lüsterweibchen with a fish tail, c. 1600Lüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail, c. 1600Lüsterweibchen with an inscribed panel, c. 1600Lüsterweibchen with a dolphin's tail, holding a harp, 17th centuryLüsterweibchen with a fishtail and a coat of arms, first half of the 17th centuryLüsterweibchen with a dolphin's tail, first half of the 17th centuryLüsterweibchen with a fishtail, holding a torch, first half of the 17th centuryA lüsterweibchen from southern Germany (undated)Another undated example
