Sketches of Seven Statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping Cupid
ca. 1850
Medium
Graphite, with inscriptions in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
Recto of folded sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (16.5 × 23 cm) Second page of folded sheet: 9 in. × 7 5/16 in. (22.9 × 18.5 cm) Sheet open: 9 in. × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John De Witt Peltz, 1977
Accession Number
1977.382.2
Tags
About the Artist
John Gibson|Antonio Canova · 1790–1866
Outstanding Neoclassical sculptor who experimented with the ancient practice of coloring statues, e.g. his 'Tinted Venus' (1851). Flaxman encourgaged him to go to Rome, where he spent most of his life. He left his fortune to the National Gallery, London. British sculptor, active Rome. Comment on works: sculptor