1600-1750
brass Bronze Carved Engraving Gilt gilt-bronze Ormolu

Provenance

Fabre antiquaires Paris, private Collection Geneva

Literature

•Angela Griseri, Francesco Ladatte: un protagonista dello stile Luigi XV, Antologia di Belle Arti,
edited by Alvar Gonzales-Palacios, Studi sul Settecento III, Turin, 2003, p. 49, fig.6.
•Mario Tavella, Due coppie di appliques in bronzo dorato di Francesco Ladatte, Antologia di Belle
Arti, edited by Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Studi sul Settecento III, Turin, 2003, p. 53.
•E. Colle, A. Griseri, R. Valeriani, Bronzi decorativi in Italia, Milan, 2001, Cat. 36, pp. 110–111.
•L. Mallé, Le Sculture del Museo d'Arte Antica, Turin, 1965, pp. 234–235, tab. 284–285.
•V. Natale, et al., Gli Splendori del Bronzo, Turin, 2002, tab. 10, p. 107.
•Vittorio Viale, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Turin, 1963, tab. 298, for a similar pair of wall lights by Ladatte held at the Museo Civico di Arti Antica, Turin; tab. 21 n.107, for a similar pair of silver candle holders.

Detail Description

A pair of rare and important Italian Rococo ormolu twin-branch Candelabra which
can be transformed into single candle holders, each with two removeable arms in
the shape of scrolling leaves, with refined bobéche in the shape of a blossomed
flower, set onto a stem in the shape of a torchon
with cartouches, scrolls, and shells, onto
rocaille bases, onto moulded stands.