Three Designs for Candlesticks, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, gray, yellow watercolor, graphite on light blue paper, Horizontal rectangle. Three designs for candlesticks, the same designs that appear in 1938-88-626, with coat of arms of Cardinal Braschi at the pedestals. At left, candlestick A is supported by crouching lions carrying calyces. The pedestal is a richer variation of the one that appears in E in 1938-88-624. The shaft is a foliated baluster above a calyx. At center, B is supported by tortoises upon knobs. The shaft has, below, a bowl in the two calyces; above, a fluted column. At left, C is also supported by tortoises. The shaft consists of a calyx in opposite direction, a capital, and of a column with a base, calyx, spiral flutes and scallops. Scale at lower left., Rome, Italy, 1802, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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Three Designs, Candlesticks, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen, ink, brush, sepia wash, gray, yellow watercolor, graphite, light blue paper, Horizontal rectangle, Three designs, candlesticks, designs, 1938-88-626, coat, arms, Cardinal Braschi, pedestals, left, candlestick A, supported, crouching lions carrying calyces, pedestal, richer variation, E, 1938-88-624, shaft, foliated baluster, calyx, center, B, supported, tortoises upon knobs, shaft, bowl, two calyces, fluted column, left, C, supported, tortoises, shaft consists, calyx, opposite direction, capital, column, base, calyx, spiral flutes, scallops, Scale, lower left, Rome, Italy, 1802, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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