Unusual Pair of Patinated Bronze and Marble Sculptures, Now Table Lamps

A fine pair of French patinated bronze and gilt metal figural lamps Each cast as a putto supporting a flower filled urn, raised on a gilt metal ...

Wonderfully handcrafted antique table or desk lamp for a unique ambiance. If you are looking for a rare, beautiful design and top quality ...

An interesting and fine pair of late 19th century patinated bronze and marble four light candelabra After Claude-Michel Clodion The large figures modeled as a putti with a bran...

A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes. Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...

Depicting what appears to be male and female apparitions (?) chanting, he holding in the crook of his arm a pet monkey wearing a cap, the pair emanating a g...

The table lamps designed by Lorenzo Ciompi for series Masterpieces of Lights" in 2021 , n. 5 supports a pair of rare bronze sculptures designed by Lucio Fontana in 1950 during the ...