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
Rights
Public Domain
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...