Nude Man Reclining (recto); Man Facing Left with Out-stretched Arms (verso)
Antonio Canova|Anonymous, Italian, early 19th century
early 19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
11 9/16 x 16 13/16in. (29.3 x 42.7cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession Number
87.12.2
Tags
Male Nudes
About the Artist
Antonio Canova|Anonymous, Italian, early 19th century · 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...