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Lot Essay
These candlesticks are based on the celebrated model by the bronzier Etienne Martincourt. The recorded related examples include a pair in the Wallace Collection, formerly in the collection of Léopold Double, a pair in the British Museum, two pairs in the Huntington Museum, California, and another pair formerly in the collection of Mrs. Meyer Sassoon, now in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
This model was much copied in the 19th century from the Restauration period onwards, and it is thought that the bronzier L-F Feuchère might have owned models of the candlestick, as his sale of stock in 1829 certainly included bas-reliefs by Martincourt. Among the 19th century versions are a pair supplied circa 1845 to the duc d'Aumale for the château de Chantilly (illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIè Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 387).
This model was much copied in the 19th century from the Restauration period onwards, and it is thought that the bronzier L-F Feuchère might have owned models of the candlestick, as his sale of stock in 1829 certainly included bas-reliefs by Martincourt. Among the 19th century versions are a pair supplied circa 1845 to the duc d'Aumale for the château de Chantilly (illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIè Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 387).