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Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

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Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

n.d.

Medium

Brush and black and gray wash, graphite and black chalk

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Dimensions

Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (18.7 x 31.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John H. Wright, 1949

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Antonio Canova

1757–1822 • Republic of Venice

Canova was the most successful and influential Neoclassical sculptor. During the 1780s he developed a new style marked by severity and idealistic purity, which led many of his contemporaries to prefer his ideal sculptures to such previously universally admired antique statues as the Medici Venus and the Farnese Hercules. He was also a popular portrait sculptor, often combining a classicizing format with a naturalistic presentation of features.

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