The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part I

The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part I

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A pair of Italian gilt-bronze mounted white marble three-light candelabra, Rome, circa 1783, by Luigi Valadier (1726-1785)

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 EUR

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Description

the tapered stem surmounted by female busts issuing three candlearms, with a flamed finial

 

(2)

 

Height. 15 in, width. 9 in ; Haut. 38 cm, larg. 23 cm

Possibly part of the Braschi service ordered around 1783 from Luigi Valadier, now kept at the Louvre Museum and partly on deposit at the Palace of Versailles.

The Art of the Valadiers, Allemandi per Di Castro, Turin, 2017, p. 378, pl. XIV.

G. Leardi , Valadier, splendore nella Roma del Settecento, exhibition catalog, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 2019, pp. 348-349, cat. n. 65.

Valadier, splendore nella Roma del Settecento, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 30 October 2019-2 January 2020.