A pair of bronze and gilt-bronze candelabra second half 19th century

each with a classical figure upholding eight candelarms

Sold lot 84, Christie's, Monaco, 20th June 1994
Sold from the Collection of Gianni Versace, Sotheby's, New Yorks, 21st may 2005 lot 227 ($42,000)

 

In good original condition with some minor surface dirt and marks.
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Comparative Literature:
P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, Vol. III, no.251, F140-141, p. 1271.

The characteristic marble plinth design is reminiscent of the production of this ciseleur-doreur Francois Rémond (1747-1812, master 1774), around 1775. This design of base is most frequently seen on candelabra with seated bronze figures after Etienne-Maurice Falconet, see for example the pair in the Wallace Collection, London.