A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA, IN THE MANNER OF CLODION AND LOUIS-FÉLIX DE LA RUE, CIRCA 1880
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October 28, 02:29 PM GTNN
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2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA, IN THE MANNER OF CLODION AND LOUIS-FÉLIX DE LA RUE, CIRCA 1880
one modelled as a putto, the other as a young satyr, both on a tree stump, each supporting leaf-cast, berried candle branches, on a marble fluted circular base terminating with a gilt-bronze garland on a marble plinth
45.5cm. high, 21cm. wide; 1ft. 5⅞in., 8¼in.
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The design for the present candelabra was very successful and popular throughout the late 18th century and 19th century. It is commonly said that the model for the figures are derived from a model by Claude Michel dit Clodion (1738-1814) and Louis-Félix de la Rue (1731-1765) which developed them in the 1770s. The model of the young satyr was created by Clodion while the young girl/putto by Louis-Félix de la Rue. Hans Ott.mes yer and Peter Pröschel, “Vergoldete Bronzen”, 1986, illustrate a candelabrum with a young girl by Louis Félix de La Rue (p. 210, colour pl. XXVIII). Clodion's terracotta model of a satyr is discussed in A. Poulet and G. Scherf, Clodion , Paris, 1992, pp. 136-149.
A related pair is in the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. OA5207-5208), illustrated, D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tennenbaum, G. Mabille, Gilt Bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p. 107, no. 48. A further similar pair of examples was sold at Sotheby's New York, 24 May 2007, lot 358.