# Two designs for candlesticks

- By: Giuseppe Cades (Rome, 1750–1799)
- Date: c. 1795
- Medium: paper, ink, pencil, watercolor (paint)
- Classification: design drawing
- Dimensions: height 197 mm x width 79 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Decorative Art Fund/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-2014-16-2--2b1454e602710569be6454187127c48d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/1744ab5333e4bbd1378f790b87493178.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The artist, probably a sculptor, represents candlesticks whose main component is formed of a human figure. They were probably intended to be executed in bronze. The style is strongly influenced by Italian models; it is conceivable that the drawings are in fact Italian.