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IN THE MANNER OF ÉTIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, AFTER A DESIGN BY GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN, A PAIR OF
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IN THE MANNER OF ÉTIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, AFTER A DESIGN BY GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN, A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA, CIRCA 1820Surmounted by buds and open flowers of carnations forming three candle sconces, 'tied' at base with drapes, raised by two nude female nymphs covered with floral swags, on oval bases with olive branch border mounts and acanthus edges, on corresponding reeded toupie feet. (68cm x h 66.5cm)N.B. Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1716 - 1761, was a French Sculptor best known for his statue of Peter The Great, 'The Bronze Horseman', located in St. Petersburg, although he trained as a Carpenter, clay models which he made in his spare time attracted the interest of Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who he went on to work under. His successful career saw him appointed Director of The Sculpture Atelier at Sèvres in 1757, where he worked until Catherine The Great invited him to Russia in 1776, on his return in 1788 he became Director of The Académie des Beaux-Arts. The form of semi-nude nymphs as supports for candelabra refers to a design in 1761 by the French Draftsman and Painter Gabriel De Saint-Aubin, was realised in physical form by Falconet at the Salon du Louvre in the same year. Whilst this initial design was intended to be cast as Silversmith François-Thomas Germain. It proved to be very popular and was realised in a manner of different mediums, various pairs of slightly different form, exist in some of the greatest collections in the world, including at Pavlovsk in St. Petersburg and The Royal Lazienki Museum, Warsaw
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IN THE MANNER OF ÉTIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, AFTER A DESIGN BY GABRIEL DE SAINT-AUBIN, A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA, CIRCA 1820Surmounted by buds and open flowers of carnations forming three candle sconces, 'tied' at base with drapes, raised by two nude female nymphs covered with floral swags, on oval bases with olive branch border mounts and acanthus edges, on corresponding reeded toupie feet. (68cm x h 66.5cm)N.B. Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1716 - 1761, was a French Sculptor best known for his statue of Peter The Great, 'The Bronze Horseman', located in St. Petersburg, although he trained as a Carpenter, clay models which he made in his spare time attracted the interest of Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who he went on to work under. His successful career saw him appointed Director of The Sculpture Atelier at Sèvres in 1757, where he worked until Catherine The Great invited him to Russia in 1776, on his return in 1788 he became Director of The Académie des Beaux-Arts. The form of semi-nude nymphs as supports for candelabra refers to a design in 1761 by the French Draftsman and Painter Gabriel De Saint-Aubin, was realised in physical form by Falconet at the Salon du Louvre in the same year. Whilst this initial design was intended to be cast as Silversmith François-Thomas Germain. It proved to be very popular and was realised in a manner of different mediums, various pairs of slightly different form, exist in some of the greatest collections in the world, including at Pavlovsk in St. Petersburg and The Royal Lazienki Museum, Warsaw
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