Pair of candlesticks
A 1728 design for a candlestick by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750) incorporated a pair of entwined children in its spirally twisted stem. The three drawings for this model were engraved by Louis Desplaces (1682-1739) and published in Deuxième livre de l’oeuvre de J.A. Meissonnier, Chandeliers de sculpture en argent in 1734. This highly sculptural model proved to be very fashionable and was executed with variations both in gilt bronze and in porcelain (an example from the famous Meissen swan service for Count Brühl of 1739 is on view in the German and Austrian Galleries).
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of candlesticks
- Designer: Attributed to Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (French, Turin 1695–1750 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1745
- Culture: French
- Medium: Gilt bronze
- Dimensions: Each H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.)
- Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
- Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
- Object Number: 1974.356.184, .185
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Meissen Manufactory
model introduced in 1739
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
Chez Huquier
n.d.
Multiple artists/makers
[ca. 1735]
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
Gabriel Huquier
ca. 1757–61
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
n.d.
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