and Pietro Vassalletto Paschal Candlestick

A spectacular demonstration of technical skill and decorative sense, the candelabrum is above all an architectural work, in which the sculptures play a secondary role. For this reason the eclecticism of the themes is not disturbing; it has moments of brilliant tension in the monsters of the base and in the pensive figures of the second band, and is composed into unity within the stately scheme of the Roman commemorative column.