Candelabrum Pair

Claude Michel, Pierre-Philippe Thomirec. 1780-1785

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Title: Candelabrum Pair
Creator: Pierre Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843), Clodion (French, 1738-1814)
Date Created: c. 1780-1785
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 92.8 x 41 x 28 cm (36 9/16 x 16 1/8 x 11 in.); Part 1: 45.8 cm (18 1/16 in.)
Provenance: Possibly Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870 (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to his illegitimate son, Richard Wallace, 1870., Sir Richard Wallace, first baronet, 1818-1890 (Paris, France), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Julie-Amélie-Charlotte Castelnau., Julie-Amélie-Charlotte Castelnau, Lady Wallace, 1819-97 (Paris, France), upon her death, by bequest to John Murray Scott., John Murray Scott (1847-1912), upon his death, by bequest to Lady Sackville of Knole., Lady Sackville of Knole, sold to Jacques Seligman, 1914., Jacques Seligman (New York, New York), sold to Grace Rainey Rogers, 1920., Grace Rainey Rogers, died 1943 (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
Type: Sculpture
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.58
Medium: bronze, gilt bronze, gray marble
Inscriptions: signed behind rock: CLODION.
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: France, 18th century
Credit Line: Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
Collection: Sculpture
Accession Number: 1942.58

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