Pair of candelabra bearing the arms of the Duke of York (1763–1827)
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (each): 23 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (60.6 × 37.5 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.162.1a–c, .2
About the Artist
Jean Guillaume Moitte|Henri Auguste · 1746–1810
A sculptor and draftsman who worked in the Neoclassical style and, although not that well-known, to be one of France most talented and committed exponents of that style. In 1768 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture and lived in Rome from October 1771 to May 1773. In 1783 Moitte was accepted by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and received commissions for several statues and low r...