Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.
Antonio Canova
n.d.
Medium
Brush and black and gray wash, graphite and black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (18.7 x 31.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John H. Wright, 1949
Accession Number
49.116.26
Tags
Lions
About the Artist
Antonio Canova · 1757–1822
Antonio Canova, born on November 1, 1757, in the small town of Possagno in the Republic of Venice, was immersed in sculpture from childhood. His father, Pietro Canova, a stonecutter, died when Antonio was just four, prompting his mother, Angela Zardo Fantolin, to remarry and place him under the care of his paternal grandfather, Pasino Canova. A skilled stonemason and sculptor of late Baroque altar...