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Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."
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Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Antonio Canova | Giovanni Tognolli | Domenico Marchetti

1817

Medium

Engraving and etching

Tags

Male NudesMedusaPerseus

Dimensions

Sheet: 27 9/16 × 20 11/16 in. (70 × 52.5 cm) Plate: 25 × 17 11/16 in. (63.5 × 45 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019

Classification

Prints

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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