Caption

Two-candle candelabra depicting Egyptian women, early 19th century, France, unknown locality; for lighting; height 35 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 11.3 cm., The image shows an ornate two-armed candelabrum with a central figure serving as the stem, mounted on a rectangular base; the piece features metallic gold surfaces and darker bronze tones, with a pale off-white base. The two upward-curving arms end in scalloped bobeches and cylindrical candle cups, all in gold, and the arms have leaf-like decorative elements in gold. The central stem is formed by a stylized female figure in a darker bronze color with gold accents at the waist and head, standing beneath a flared gold capital that supports the arms. The rectangular base is a pale off-white stone with gold mounts at the corners and small decorative gold feet shaped like paws, and a group of short gold posts linked by short dark metal chains surrounds the figure on the base. The overall palette includes gold, dark bronze, and pale off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A09_290

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (1.5Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two-candle candelabra depicting Egyptian women early 19th century France unknown locality lighting height 35 cm width 22.5 cm depth 11.3 cm image ornate two-armed candelabrum central figure serving stem mounted rectangular base piece features metallic gold surfaces darker bronze tones pale off-white base two upward-curving arms scalloped bobeches cylindrical candle cups gold arms leaf- decorative elements central stem formed stylized female figure darker bronze color gold accents waist head standing beneath flared gold capital supports pale off-white stone gold mounts corners small decorative gold feet shaped paws group short gold posts linked short dark metal chains surrounds figure base palette includes dark bronze pale off-white.