A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 19TH CENTURY

Each cast as a putto or satyr holding aloft berried foliate candlebranches on truncated fluted marble base and square plinth-
18¼in.(46cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The putto follows a model designed by Louis-Felix de Larue, circa 1780, and the satyr is after a design by Clodion. An 18th century example of this pair is now in the Residence, Munich; the satyr is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I, p. 210, pl. XXVIII.