Candelabrum
Claude Michel, called Clodion
(French, 1738–1814)
mid-19th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueGilt- and patinated bronze
DimensionsOverall: 37.7cm (14 13/16in.) x 14.2 cm (5 9/16in.)(diameter of base)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2223
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Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
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ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.
mid-19th century
late 19th century
Late 19th century
1810–20
1810–20
1988
Modelled in 1899; Struck in 1911
1913