Torch Holders
by PERMOSER, Balthasar, Painted wood, height 154 cm (each)
Between 1676 and 1690 Permoser worked at the Medici court in Florence as an ivory turner. The pair of torch holder in the form of Moors can be attributed to Permoser on stylistic ground. He probably made the two Moors for Prince Ferdinando in 1683.