André Antoine Ravrio: Superb pair of Empire period candelabra.

Rare Pair of candelabra in chiseled gilded bronze and bronze with brown patina resting on a cherry red marble base.
Two winged putti, in a contrapposto posture, as if they were advancing, hold in each raised hand a torch forming a torch whose tip simulates a flame.
A light veil slipped between their wings, goes down along their hip to hide their lower body/private parts.
Beautiful cherry red marble base in a cylinder set with a large ring in chiseled gilded bronze, finely gadrooned, resting on a square base also in gilded bronze.
Referenced model of the bronzier Andre-Antoine Ravrio (1759-1814)
Empire period around 1805
Beautiful state of conservation, original mercury gilding, slight marble skipping on a base.

Be careful of the later models, from the end of the 19th century (often advertised as from the Empire period), not only is their quality mediocre, moreover a patinated bronze base is added above the red marble, under the foot of the putti and the wings of the latter have been revisited into butterfly wings called Zephyr.

Bibliography:
-"Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 325, pl. 5.1.5, illustrating a very similar pair of Empire period candelabra dated around 1805 and attributed to André-Antoine Ravrio, currently at the Residenz, Munich.
-Peter Hughes, "The Wallace Collection, Catalog of Furniture, London", 1996, vol. III, no. 253 (F152-3), illustrating and describing a pair of similar candelabras dating from circa 1790-95 with very similar putti standing with both feet on a plain white marble pedestal.
-Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, "The Hour the Fire the Light, The Bronzes of the National Furniture, 1800-1870", 2010, pp. 124-125, no. 63, illustrating and describing a similar pair of Empire candelabra of c.1805 with winged putti
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