Candelabrum

Description

This candelabrum is part of a pair. Its design blurs the line between function and decoration. The arms twist and curve, visually flower stems while physically supporting the candles. Though this visual unity is typical of the rococo style, the influence of the rising neoclassical style is evident in the allegorical scenes of light that decorate each candelabra’s stem.

Provenance

made for the Russian Court in the 1750s. (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York).

Candelabrum

François Thomas Germain

1757–1758

Accession Number

1940.14.1

Medium

silver

Dimensions

Diameter: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); Overall: 38.1 x 24.5 cm (15 x 9 5/8 in.)

Classification

Silver

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund