Pair of large Italian Renaissance candelabras or torcheres,
Tuscany, 16th century and later. Rocaille-shaped wooden baluster shafts on three-sided bases, with stylised lion paw feet, painted a reddish colour and gold, with acanthus leaves, gadrooned drip pans, each demountable in five parts. Height ca. 185 cm. Overpainted, some losses to the paintwork, and with some wear. (DOC)
At Castel St Angelo in Rome there is a pair of candelabras with very similar plinths.
Lit.:
Augusto Pedrini, Il mobilio, p. 208, fig. 510, Stringa Editore, Genoa 1969
Photo: Castel Sant‘Angelo, Roma
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
26.04.2018 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
Pair of large Italian Renaissance candelabras or torcheres,
Tuscany, 16th century and later. Rocaille-shaped wooden baluster shafts on three-sided bases, with stylised lion paw feet, painted a reddish colour and gold, with acanthus leaves, gadrooned drip pans, each demountable in five parts. Height ca. 185 cm. Overpainted, some losses to the paintwork, and with some wear. (DOC)
At Castel St Angelo in Rome there is a pair of candelabras with very similar plinths.
Lit.:
Augusto Pedrini, Il mobilio, p. 208, fig. 510, Stringa Editore, Genoa 1969
Photo: Castel Sant‘Angelo, Roma
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.04.2018 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 14.04. - 26.04.2018 |