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A impressive pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze six-light candelabra

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Name: A impressive pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze six-light candelabra
Measurements: Height: 86 cm, Width: 26 cm
Reference: LIMA100976

Categories: Decorative Arts Lighting Candlesticks & Candelabras
Periods: 18th Century Empire, 1820 Antique
Origins: France

Description

These magnificent candlesticks represent Summer and Autumn, one of the Four Seasons. A subject that was traditional in Western art since the Renaissance and a much favoured allegorical theme during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hence Summer is shown as Ceres, the mythological goddess of agriculture who holds her attributes, namely a sheaf of corn and sickle while Autumn, commonly associated with the grape harvest is symbolised by the young Bacchus. He has vine sprays in his hair, a leopard pelt as a scarf, a sickle in one hand and a thyrsus wrapped around with vines in the other, all of which are attributes of the mythological god of wine.

France, Empire period, circa 1820