Design for a Candlestick, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, yellow and gray watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. At bottom, a base with two kneeling angels supporting a cloth, on top of which stands a second base, on which seated griffons holding garlands support the shaft; between them the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823). The shaft consists of two pieces of fluted and foliated columns with a caryatid. Wings are slightly sketched in graphite at the caryatid's shoulders; a garland is wound around her above the socket with the candle., Rome, Italy, ca. 1820, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Candlestick, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen, ink, brush, sepia wash, yellow, gray watercolor, graphite, paper, Vertical rectangle, bottom, base, two kneeling angels supporting, cloth, top, stands, second base, seated griffons holding garlands support, shaft, coat, arms, Pope Pius VII, 1800-1823, shaft consists, two pieces, fluted, foliated columns, caryatid, Wings, slightly sketched, graphite, caryatid's shoulders, garland, wound, socket, candle, Rome, Italy, ca, 1820, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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