Two Candelabra with Nymphs, after Falconet, France, late 18th / early 19th Century

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Two candelabra featuring figurative representations of nymphs, based on a model created around 1770 and attributed to Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791). Height: 84 cm Each composition features two standing female figures serving as the supports for the multi-armed candelabra. The group stands on a cylindrical marble pedestal with a bronze festoon and a square base with a fluted front. The upper section consists of three finials with vine scroll decoration and a central rod with a knot. Comparable examples can be found, among others, in Lepke, Berlin, Auction Cat. 2000, Nov. 1928, pp. 58:191–192, Pl. 56 (also H.: 84 cm); H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, vol. 1, pl. 27 (p. 209), p. 254 (4.7.3), p. 425 (6.3.12); P. Verlet, Les bronzes dorées …, Paris 1987, pp. 100–101: fig. 115; see also J.-P. Samoyault, Pendules e bronzes …, Paris 1989, p. 153:130; Lit.: G. Levitine, The Sculpture of Falconet, New York 1972.
Dimensions:
Height: 83.5 cm | 32.87 in.
Width: 28.0 cm | 11.02 in.
Depth: 25.0 cm | 9.84 in.

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