Pair of Candlesticks

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Store

Inventory

PV 14030

Material and technique

Gilded bronze

Author

Roman School

Dating

Second half of 17th century

Dimensions

41.5 x 13 cm.; 41 x 13 cm.

Origin

Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo (1936) [2010]

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This pair of candlesticks was made in a similar fashion to numerous liturgical bronzes made in the late 17th century in Rome. Several printed sources document the basic techniques used at the time; of special note is the work on engraving by the founder and goldsmith Filippo Passarini, Nuove inventioni d'ornamenti d'architettura e di intagli diversi, published in Rome in 1698.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

Unpublished