The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Candelabrum

c. 1780–1785

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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: 92.1 x 40.7 x 45.1 cm (36 1/4 x 16 x 17 3/4 in.); Part 1: 45.8 cm (18 1/16 in.)

Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1942.58.2

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed behind rock: CLODION.

Provenance
Marques of Hertford; Sir Richard Wallace; Grace Rainey Rogers, New York.
Citations
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
Exhibition history

CMA 1964: Henry Hawley, Neo-Classicism, Style and Motif, September 23-November 1, 1964, # 45, repr.

Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.58.2