Lot Essay
This pair of putto torchères is typologically related to a pair attributed to Filippo Parodi (1630-1702), illustrated in L. Canonero, Barocchetto Genovese, Milan, 1962, plate IV.
MID-18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF VENETIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES
Mid-18th Century
Each in the shape of a lightly draped youth supporting a cornucopia issuing a gradooned bowl and a fruiting and gradooned platform with iron spike, on a naturalistic-carved rock base, one stamped to the inside 'AT' within a circle, the decoration refreshed
61 in. (155 cm.) high (2)
Mid-18th Century
Each in the shape of a lightly draped youth supporting a cornucopia issuing a gradooned bowl and a fruiting and gradooned platform with iron spike, on a naturalistic-carved rock base, one stamped to the inside 'AT' within a circle, the decoration refreshed
61 in. (155 cm.) high (2)