A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE AND SIENNA MARBLE COLZA LAMPS

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE AND SIENNA MARBLE COLZA LAMPS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled with a standing figure of Atlas supporting a spherical glass shade with a band applied with the signs of the Zodiac, atop a rectangular marble plinth applied to three sides with classical trophies, on a stepped base with anthemion-cast edge
31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The figures of Atlas used here can be found on a granite cistern from the Villa Albani, house of the leading roman antique collector Alessandro Albani (1692-1779). Piranesi (d. 1778) popularised this figure through his set of engravings entitled 'Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sacofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi' and had a major influence on the neo-classical style and its development. A celestial globe acquired by the King Louis XVI for his library at Versailles (inv: V5261) shares exactly the same Atlas figure.

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