André Antoine Ravrio, Superb Pair Of Empire-consulate Period Candelabra.

Rare Pair of candelabra in chiseled gilded bronze and bronze with brown patina resting on a cherry red marble base.

Two winged putti, in a contrapposto posture, as if they were advancing, hold in each raised hand a torch forming a torch whose tip simulates a flame.
A light veil slipped between their wings, goes down along their hip to hide their lower body/private parts. Beautiful cherry red marble base in a cylinder set with a large ring in chiseled gilded bronze, finely gadrooned, resting on a square base also in gilded bronze.

Referenced model of the bronzier Andre-Antoine Ravrio (1759-1814)

Empire Consulate period around 1800

Beautiful state of conservation, original mercury gilding, slight marble skipping on a base.

-Be careful with later models, from the end of the 19th century (often advertised as from the Empire period), not only are their quality poor, moreover a patinated bronze base is added above the red marble, under the foot of the putti and the wings of the latter have been revisited into butterfly wings called Zephyr.

Dimensions
Height 44 cm
Width 18 cm
Base 13.5 x 13.5

Bibliography:
-"Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 325, pl. 5.1.5, illustrating a very similar pair of Empire period candelabra dated around 1805 and attributed to André-Antoine Ravrio, currently at the Residenz, Munich.
-Peter Hughes, "The Wallace Collection, Catalog of Furniture, London", 1996, vol. III, no. 253 (F152-3), illustrating and describing a pair of similar candelabras dating from circa 1790-95 with very similar putti standing with both feet on a plain white marble pedestal.
-Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, "The Hour the Fire the Light, The Bronzes of the National Furniture, 1800-1870", 2010, pp. 124-125, no 63, illustrating and describing a similar pair of Empire candelabra from around 1805 with winged putti


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