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Candelabrum
After: Louis-Félix de La Rue (1731–1765)
French (Paris)
mid-19th century
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Gilt- and patinated bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 37.1cm (14 5/8in.) x 13.9 cm (5 1/2in.)(diameter of base)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2222
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionPair of bronze figures mounted as candelabra on round beaded bronze dore bases with bronze dore branches. 65.222 bacchante with right leg raised, right arm down holding branch, left arm folded around the second branch. 65.2223 satyr in motion, right arm folded around one candle branch, left hand holding the other. Two-branch candelabrum, with patinated bronze figure of female child supporting gilt-bronze candle branches, standing on round gilt-bronze pedestal base, with beaded molding.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.