CIRCA 1720

A SMALL NUMBER OF SIMILAR CHANDELIERS ARE KNOWN WHICH SHARE MANY OF THE SAME DECORATIVE ELEMENTS FOUND ON THIS ONE. THEY WERE PROBABLY ALL MADE IN THE SAME PARISIAN WORKSHOP AROUND 1720. THIS GROUP INCLUDES A CHANDELIER FROM THE CELEBRATED HAMILTON PALACE COLLECTION, SOLD CHRISTIE'S MONACO, 5 DECEMBER 1992, LOT 41 AND TWO CHANDELIERS IN THE SWEDISH ROYAL COLLECTIONS, ONE AT DROTTNINGHOLM (H. OTTOMEYER/P. PRSCHEL ET AL, VERGOLDETE BRONZEN, VOL. I, MUNICH, 1986, P. 53 FIG. 1. 6. 8.), THE OTHER IN THE ROYAL PALACE IN STOCKHOLM. A SET OF FOUR OTHER SIMILAR CHANDELIERS IN THE MARKGRAF'S AUDIENCE CHAMBER AT ANSBACH IS DISCUSSED IN H. OTTOMEYER/P. PRSCHEL ET AL., OP CIT., P. 55 FIG. 1. 6. 11. THESE HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE BRONZE FOUNDER JOSEPH BIANCHINI AND CISELEUR JEAN HOUDAN.