A impressive pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze six-light candelabra
- Period:
- Empire, 1820
- Dimensions:
- 86 x 26 cm
- Reference:
- 100-976
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A impressive pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze six-light candelabra
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
