Pair of torch-bearing Moors, Venice, 19th century

Depicting a man and a woman in ebonized and gilt wood with some polychrome details; both figures dressed in sumptuous draped garments fastened at the waist with a leonine mask; circular base. The figures rest on cylindrical pedestals painted in imitation marble; the sculptures: h. approx. 160 cm; the pedestals: h. 67 cm (defects)