Pair of five-light candelabra, Luigi Valadier, 1774
Pair of five-light candelabra, Luigi Valadier (Italian, Rome 1726–1785 Rome), Possibly in collaboration with Lorenzo Cardelli, 1774, Italian, Rome, Gilt bronze, porphyry, Overall (each): 27 × 15 15/16 in. ( × cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, Luigi Valadier (Italian, Rome 1726–1785 Rome, Possibly in collaboration with Lorenzo Cardelli, After the death of his father in 1763, Prince Marcantonio Borghese (1730–1800) inherited a great fortune that included the finest private art collection in the Eternal His subsequent role as one of the most important collector-patrons of the Neoclassical period –rivaling, in his own family, Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576–1633) in the Early Baroque era – has not received the attention that it deserves
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