# Torch Holders

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PERMOSER, Balthasar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Painted wood, height 154 cm \(each\)

## Commentary

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.

## Related artworks

- [Apotheosis of Prince Eugene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/apotheosis-of-prince-eugene-re60aeee1d78abc>)
- [Atlante](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/atlante-rcf24e96e4e61f6>)
- [Damned Soul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/damned-soul-rfa55bf977c8770>)
- [Marsyas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/marsyas-r34b92d6278ab1f>)
- [Marsyas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/marsyas-rc55ec4cbceb0c0>)
- [Portrait of Princess Violante of Bavaria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/portrait-of-princess-violante-of-bavaria-rfb5c967f593087>)
- [Supporting figures](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/permoser-balthasar-rd3e86f72cd4835/supporting-figures-ra4ef7d111e8211>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)