A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRAS AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE-MICHEL CLODION Paris, circa 1880

In good and fair condition, with the usual minor scratchhes to brown patina, light tarnishing to gilt bronze, very minor chips
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These candelabra relate to a pair made in about 1780 by the bronzier Louis-Felix de Larue after a model by the sculptor Clodion (1738-1814). The de Larue candelabra are on display in the State Rooms at the Residenz, Munich, and are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. 1, p. 210, no. XXVIII. Clodion's terra cotta model, which differs from de Larue in that the putti have satyr legs, is discussed in A. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion, Paris, 1992, pp. 136-149.