A BRONZE OIL LAMP MODELLED AS A MAIDEN

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF BARTHELEMY PRIEUR (1535-1611)

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A BRONZE OIL LAMP MODELLED AS A MAIDEN
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF BARTHELEMY PRIEUR (1535-1611)
With hands raised
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
On a carved giltwood plinth decorated with swags, 18th century, 3½ in. (9 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For another model see Christie's London, 25 Jan 2005, lot 358.

The model is illustrated in Nicholas Penny 'Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum' Oxford, 1992. Item 325, volume II, page 95. Penny discusses an attribution for this model to Barthelemy Prieur (1535-1611) but concludes that it can not be identified for certain to him.

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