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 labeled A, B,C from left to right. The inscription, 'Qui ci va, etc.' as written in 1938-88-624, appears in the pedestals of all three candlesticks. 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. Verso: plan of a base and inscriptions., 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 labeled A, B, C, left, right, inscription, 'Qui ci va, etc, written, 1938-88-624, pedestals, three candlesticks, 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, Verso, plan, base, inscriptions, Rome, Italy, 1802, lighting, Drawing, Drawing
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