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. (68.6 × 40.5 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 City.[1] 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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Pair, five-light candelabra, Luigi Valadier, Italian, Rome 1726–1785 Rome, collaboration, Lorenzo Cardelli, 1774, Rome, Gilt bronze, porphyry, Overall, 27, 15 15/16, 68.6, 40.5 cm, Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, 1726–1785, possibly, in collaboration with Lorenzo, death, father, 1763, Prince Marcantonio Borghese, 1730–1800, inherited, great fortune, included, finest private, art, collection, Eternal City., 1, subsequent role, important collector-patrons, Neoclassical period, –rivaling, own family, Cardinal Scipione, Borghese, 1576–1633, Early Baroque, era, –, received, attention, deserves
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