Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Pair of Egyptian 'sphinx' candlesticks
about 1810
Overall: 50.8 x 38.7 cm (20 x 15 1/4 in.)
Patinated bronze, marble
Classification: Decorative arts
Culture: English
Accession number: 2010.1046.1-2
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1810, William Bullock, London. Jeremy Ltd., London; by 2004, sold by Jeremy, Ltd., to Hotspur Ltd., London. By 2009, acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)
Gift of Horace Wood Brock