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). More information can be found on German Wikipedia.
- Lüsterweibchen (side) c. 1425; the oldest known example
- Lüsterweibchen, late Middle Ages
- Lüsterweibchen, 15th century
- Geweihleuchter of a lady in a hennin, c. 1450-1500
- Lüsterweibchen, Upper Rhine or Swabia, c. 1500
- Leuchterweibchen made in Basel (carved by Martin Lebzelter?) c. 1510-1515
- Leuchterweibchen (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
- Leuchterweibchen from South Tyrol, c. 1510-1520
- Sketch of a leuchterweibchen by Albrecht Dürer, 1513
- Lucretia, c. 1520-1530
- Drachenleuchter (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 century
- Lustreweibshen, 16th century Germany
- Leuchterweißchen, 16th century Germany
- Leuchterweibchen from Heideck, 16th century (front, side)
- Lüsterweibchen with coat of arms, 16th century
- Lüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail, 16th century
- Lüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail and coat of arms, 16th century
- Lüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail and coat of arms, 16th century
- Leuchtermännchen with coat of arms, 16th century
- Lustreweibshen (mermaid), 16th or early 17th century Germany
- Geweihleuchter with a lady playing a lute, c. 1595-1605
- Lüsterweibchen with a fish tail, c. 1600
- Lüsterweibchen with dolphin's tail, c. 1600
- Lüsterweibchen with an inscribed panel, c. 1600
- Lüsterweibchen with a dolphin's tail, holding a harp, 17th century
- Lüsterweibchen with a fishtail and a coat of arms, first half of the 17th century
- Lüsterweibchen with a dolphin's tail, first half of the 17th century
- Lüsterweibchen with a fishtail, holding a torch, first half of the 17th century
- A lüsterweibchen from southern Germany (undated)
- Another undated example
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