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, Drawing, Drawing
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Candlestick, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown wash, off-white laid paper, lined, high pedestal, front, holds, oval representation, woman, upon, base, sits, child supporting, bracket diverging, three branches, lower part, candle, Written, right, artist, 'Putto di Argento, Cornucopia di Metal-, lo, Piedistallo di porfido, Rosso opure diaspro, duro, base e cimase, di metallo dorato con comeo, mezzo, di Alabastro', Usual background, Rome, Italy, ca, 1780–1785, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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