Pair of candelabra 2 fires bronze marble children fauns satyres Clodion nineteenth
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Pair of candelabra with two lights gilt bronze finely chiseled, representing two young children satyres resting on a stump, resting on a fluted base in gray marble, model Clodion *, vintage late nineteenth century.
These candelabra are in good condition, they are electrified. A candelabrum is signed Clodion. A similar pair is kept in the Louvre Museum, another was in the salon of the Hotel Tessé, Quai Voltaire in Paris, around 1910-1920, a pair with a different base is kept at the Residence of Munich.
A note: some wear on the gilding, a frieze of pearls moves a little on a base, some micro-splinters and wear time, look at the photos.
We also sell a pendulum of this model that can form a fireplace trim.
Born December 20, 1738 in Nancy and died March 29, 1814 in Paris, is a sculptor Lorraine , then from 1766 French. He has probably spent the beginning of his life in Nancy and Lille. In 1755, he entered Paris in the studio of his maternal uncle Lambert Sigisbert Adam , a sculptor. He remained there four years, then became at the death of his uncle a student of Jean-Baptiste Pigal . He is known for his mythological groups of dancers, nymphs or terracotta bathers. He also performed works of great proportions, such as " Hercules in Rest ", " The Scamander River ", " The Flood ", a bust of Tronchet, etc. He is the author of the "aquatic" decoration of the castle of Digoine.
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