Lindo lamp

[2] It was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of Elias Lindo and Rachel Lopes Ferreira.

[3] The couple were married at London's Bevis Marks Synagogue on February 2, 1708–09.

[5] If the Museum, which is undergoing a major renovation, manages to raise sufficient funds to purchase the menorah, it will be on view in a new gallery entitled "Judaism: A Living Faith", designed to display the museum's "magnificent" collection of Jewish ceremonial art.

The subject is not very common in Jewish art, but it was popular in the Baroque period in both Catholic and Protestant lands.

[6] A well-known Elijah fed by Ravens painted in 1620 by Guercino hangs in the National Gallery.