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Juste-Aurèle MEISSONNIER (1695–1750), after
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Juste-Aurèle MEISSONNIER (1695–1750), after
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Juste-Aurèle MEISSONNIER (1695–1750), after
PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS
In gilded bronze; the sinuous shaft is held by a putto, on a tripod base with acanthus leaves.
Louis XV style.
Height: 24 cm
(Signs of wear, drilled for electrical fittings)
Note.
This design is by the famous goldsmith and ornamentalist Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695–1750), based on his drawing ‘Sculpted silver candlestick designed by J. Meissonnier, Architect’ in 1728, figs. 10 and 12 (cf. H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., *Vergoldete Bronzen*, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, fig. 2.1.1, p. 102).
A pair of candlesticks is held at the Louvre Museum (donated by Mr and Mrs René Grog-Carven, inv. OA10530), illustrated in D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tenenbaum, G. Mabille, *Les Bronzes d’Ameublement du Louvre*, Editions Faton, Dijon, 2004, p. 59.
Another pair is in the Wallace Collection in London (F.J.B. Watson, *Wallace Collection Catalogues*, 1956, p. 21, figs. 78–79).
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