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Cast of a relief of two winged erotes and foliage from the base of a Roman candelabrum
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Cast of a relief of two winged erotes and foliage from the base of a Roman candelabrum
Plaster cast in a timber frame
Museum number: M1305
On display: Drawing Office - also known as the Students Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Casts of two of the panels on the base of a celebrated Roman candelabrum in the collection of the Borghese family at the Villa Borghese in Rome. The Borghese candelabrum seems to be an escapee from a larger group of similar candelabra six of which were on display at the Church of Sant Agnese fuori le Mura in Rome by the 17th century. Those at St Agnese were restored by Lorenzo Cardelli in 1772 and casts are known to have been made after the restoration. However, it seems from the early records at the Soane that this pair of framed casts is from the Borghese example.
A cast of one of the Sant Agnese candelabra survives in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, acquired from Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection in 1830.
A cast of one of the Sant Agnese candelabra survives in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, acquired from Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection in 1830.
Literature
For the original Roman example at the Villa Borghese see: Hans-Ulrich Cain, Römische Marmorkandelaber, 1985, p.174, pl.72
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