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The inscriptions on the original, not reproduced in this cast, relate that the candelabra were made by the sculptor and medallist Maffeo Olivieri (1584 - 1543/1544) and that they were commissioned by Altobello Averoldo of Brescia, Bishop of Pola and Apostolic Legate in Venice. 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