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Candelabrum Pair

c. 1780–1785

attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire

(French, 1751–1843)
cast after a model by

Clodion

(French, 1738–1814)
France, 18th century
bronze, gilt bronze, gray marble
Overall: 92.8 x 41 x 28 cm (36 9/16 x 16 1/8 x 11 in.); Part 1: 45.8 cm (18 1/16 in.)
Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1942.58
Location: Not on view
  • Possibly Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1800-1870 (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to his illegitimate son, Richard Wallace, 1870.
    Sir Richard Wallace, first baronet, 1818-1890 (Paris, France), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Julie-Amélie-Charlotte Castelnau.
    Julie-Amélie-Charlotte Castelnau, Lady Wallace, 1819-97 (Paris, France), upon her death, by bequest to John Murray Scott.
    John Murray Scott (1847-1912), upon his death, by bequest to Lady Sackville of Knole.
    Lady Sackville of Knole, sold to Jacques Seligman, 1914.
    Jacques Seligman (New York, New York), sold to Grace Rainey Rogers, 1920.
    Grace Rainey Rogers, died 1943 (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
  • Milliken, William. "The Rousseau de la Rottière Room the Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 4 (April 1942): 47-66 Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 66 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 157 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 157 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 189 archive.org
  • Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 31, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Candelabrum Pair |url=false|author=Pierre Philippe Thomire, Clodion|year=c. 1780–1785|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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