Candlestick, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, Below is a high pedestal, the front of which holds the oval representation of a woman. Above it, upon a base, sits a child supporting a bracket diverging into three branches, each with the lower part of a candle. Written at right, by the artist: 'Putto di Argento / Cornucopia di Metal- / lo / Piedistallo di porfido / Rosso opure diaspro / duro, base e cimase / di metallo dorato con comeo in mezzo / di Alabastro'. Usual background., Rome, Italy, ca. 1780–1785, metalwork

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