Paris leaning on tree stump, back view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."
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
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.117
Tags
About the Artist
Antonio Canova|Angelo Testa|Giovanni Tognolli · 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...