Hunting Scenes – The chandelier features 12 animals arranged in four hunting scenes, each consisting of: a boar attacked by a panther and a lion; a horse bitten by a griffin and a lion; a bull attacked by a griffin and a panther; a deer attacked by a panther and a lion.
These scenes, in which herbivores succumb to carnivores, are widely interpreted as allusions to the inevitability of death. From an astronomical perspective, the four groups—each with three animals—may represent the four seasons, each consisting of three months. The total number of animals, 12, corresponds to the months of the year.