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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Candelabrum

Candelabrum

c. 1780–1785
(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 1942.58.1
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.
  • Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    CMA 1964: Henry Hawley, Neo-Classicism, Style and Motif, September 23-November 1, 1964, # 45, repr.
  • {{cite web|title=Candelabrum|url=false|author=Pierre Philippe Thomire, Clodion|year=c. 1780–1785|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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