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拍品专文
Two versions of this model exist, each composed of the same basic elements. The first and best known version, of which this pair is an example, has one of the putti holding a conch shell to his lips. Of these, one pair was sold from the Collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Christie's Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 5, while a third example was sold by a European Noble Family, Christie's London, 21 June 2000, lot 187 (£52,000 plus premium).
The second version has the two putti in identical but opposing positions, and this is illustrated by another pair sold from the Givenchy Collection, Christie's Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 6. A third example of this variant originally from the Baron Rothschild collection, was sold from the Collection of M. Akram Ojjeh, Christie's Monte Carlo, 25-26 June 1979, lot 51. This may be the pair sold from the Josse Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 May 1894, lot 141.
A third version attributed to Philippe Caffiéri, with the putti playing flutes, part of the Zweibrücken or Pfalz inheritance acquired by the Bavarian Wittelsbachs after 1799, is illustrated and discussed in H. Ottomeyer & O. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. II, p. 156, fig. 3.2.1.
While an attribution to an identifiable workshop may be difficult at this time, it has been suggested that the rights to this model may have originally belonged to the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. In 1770, Poirier delivered une paire de girandoles à trois branches en bronze doré d'or moulu ornées de figures de porcelaine de France 624 livres to Madame du Barry. Another pair of such candelabra described as à trois branches à figures d'enfant en bronze couleur antique avec pied à feuille d'ornement six cent livres are listed in the collection of Président de Nicolay at the end of the 18th century.
The model was especially popular with English collectors, who most likely acquired examples from Poirier's successor, Dominique Daguerre, upon the latter's visit to London in 1787 at the invitation of the Prince Regent. The pair at Weston Park, for instance, was probably acquired by Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford from Daguerre, at this time (exhibited at Christie's London, Patronage Preserved, 3-20 January 1991, no. 49).
The second version has the two putti in identical but opposing positions, and this is illustrated by another pair sold from the Givenchy Collection, Christie's Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 6. A third example of this variant originally from the Baron Rothschild collection, was sold from the Collection of M. Akram Ojjeh, Christie's Monte Carlo, 25-26 June 1979, lot 51. This may be the pair sold from the Josse Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 May 1894, lot 141.
A third version attributed to Philippe Caffiéri, with the putti playing flutes, part of the Zweibrücken or Pfalz inheritance acquired by the Bavarian Wittelsbachs after 1799, is illustrated and discussed in H. Ottomeyer & O. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. II, p. 156, fig. 3.2.1.
While an attribution to an identifiable workshop may be difficult at this time, it has been suggested that the rights to this model may have originally belonged to the marchand-mercier Simon-Philippe Poirier. In 1770, Poirier delivered une paire de girandoles à trois branches en bronze doré d'or moulu ornées de figures de porcelaine de France 624 livres to Madame du Barry. Another pair of such candelabra described as à trois branches à figures d'enfant en bronze couleur antique avec pied à feuille d'ornement six cent livres are listed in the collection of Président de Nicolay at the end of the 18th century.
The model was especially popular with English collectors, who most likely acquired examples from Poirier's successor, Dominique Daguerre, upon the latter's visit to London in 1787 at the invitation of the Prince Regent. The pair at Weston Park, for instance, was probably acquired by Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford from Daguerre, at this time (exhibited at Christie's London, Patronage Preserved, 3-20 January 1991, no. 49).