Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 27 9/16 × 20 11/16 in. (70 × 52.5 cm) Plate: 25 × 17 11/16 in. (63.5 × 45 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.115
Tags
About the Artist
Antonio Canova|Giovanni Tognolli|Domenico Marchetti · 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...