A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS
A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS

AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866

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A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS
AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866
Each surmounted by a lion holding a coat of arms inscribed 'S MARCO' atop a sphere, above six dragons each issuing three scrolled branches, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with putti, griffons and dancing figures supported by three blackamoors, each seated on a sea hippocampus, the triform base cast with a Venetian attribute to each side, on three lion-paw feet, inscribed 'VENEZIA 1866', on triform fluted plinths
The candelabra: 74½ in. (189 cm.) high overall
The pedestals: 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide (4)
出版
The Art Journal, The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, London, 1867, p. 263 (this model illustrated).

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Giles Forster
Giles Forster

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An almost identical candelabrum was exhibited at the 1867 Paris Expostion Universelle. The design is reproduced in the Art Journal catalogue of the exhibition and referred to as a 'bronze chandelier, a work of true Art, is the production of Joseph Michieli, a distinguished artist-manufacturer of Venice'.

The coat-of-arms heading both candelabra are those of Michiele, an old Venetian noble family, of which three members became Doges: Vitale I, Domenico and Vitale II, two became bishops and several Pocuratore di San Marco, judges of the the Venetian High Court.