Paris leaning on tree stump, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Intermediary draftsman Giovanni Tognolli Italian

1817

Not on view

The statue is in the collection of the Hermitage where it entered in 1815. It was formerly in the collection of Josephine de Beauharnias in the Castle of Malmaison near Paris as noted on this engraving.

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Provenance

Title: Paris leaning on tree stump, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."
Series/Portfolio: Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues...
Artist: Giovanni Battista Balestra (Italian, Bassano del Grappa 1774–1842 Rome)
Artist: Intermediary draftsman Giovanni Tognolli (Italian, Bieno 1786–1862 Rome (?))
Artist: After Antonio Canova (Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1817
Medium: Engraving and etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 1/8 in. (64.5 × 48.5 cm)
Plate: 22 1/4 × 15 15/16 in. (56.5 × 40.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Object Number: 2019.282.116
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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