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Luigi Valadier
B c. 1768
C c. 1765
B 345 x 240 mm
C 310 x 235 mm
A
Luigi Valadier, Silver candle holder with rams’ heads and garland adorning the foot; acanthus leaves decorate the base and the stem, c. 1770, graphite, pen, brown ink, brown and grey wash on paper, 470 x 290 mm.; numbered upper left: “93”.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 90; Leone 2019b, p. 74.
B
Luigi Valadier, Silver gilt salver, c. 1768, graphite, pen, brown ink, brown wash on paper, 345 x 240 mm. The drawing is associated with the original designs for Cardinal Domenico Orsini d’Aragona’s papal set made by Luigi Valadier in 1768-9 and now in the Cathedral of San Nicola in Muro Lucano (Agresti 2017; González-Palacios 2018, pp. 337-346, with preceding bibliography).
Bibliography: González-Palacios in L’oro di Valadier 1997, p. 142, n. 35; González-Palacios 2004, p. 362; Leone 2019a, p. 90; Leone 2019b, p. 74.
C
Luigi Valadier, Firedog, c. 1765, graphite, pen, brown ink, brown wash on paper, 310 x 235 mm.
Bibliography: Leone 2019a, p. 90.
