A pair of Italian gilt-bronze mounted white marble three-light candelabra, Rome, circa 1783, by Luigi Valadier (1726-1785)
Auction Closed
November 26, 04:58 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the tapered stem surmounted by female busts issuing three candlearms, with a flamed finial
(2)
Height. 15 in, width. 9 in ; Haut. 38 cm, larg. 23 cm
Possibly part of the Braschi service ordered around 1783 from Luigi Valadier, now kept at the Louvre Museum and partly on deposit at the Palace of Versailles.
Valadier, splendore nella Roma del Settecento, Galleria Borghese, Rome, 30 October 2019-2 January 2020.
T.L.M Vale, The Art of the Valadiers, Turin, 2017, p. 378, PL. XIV.
A. González-Palacios, Luigi Valadier, New York, 2018, p.237, fig. 5_27
G. Leardi, Valadier, splendore nella Roma del Settecento, catalogue de l’exposition, Galerie Borghèse, Rome, 2019, pp. 348-349, cat. n. 65.
