ID 990542
Lot 33 | ANTONIO CANOVA (POSSAGNO 1757-1822 VENICE), 1816-17
Valeur estimée
£ 2 500 000 – 4 000 000
Bust of Helen
marble; on a circular marble socle; the reverse inscribed ‘VICECOMITI . CASTELREGHIO / VIRO . PRESTANTISSIMO / ANTONIVS . CANOVA / FECIT . AC . D. D.'
19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm.) high; 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Given by the artist to Robert, Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry), and thence by descent.
Literature
D. Williams, The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence Kt, London, 1831, I, pp. 352-353.
G. Pavanello, L’opera completa del Canova, Milan, 1976, no. 287, p. 127.
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Canova – Ideal Heads, 11 July – 14 September, K. Eustace ed., no. 4, pp. 74-75, 84-85.
Alessio Costarelli, Canova e gli Inglese, Milan, 2022, no. 38, fig. 44 (but illustrating an incorrect version of Helen).
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Isabella Albrizzi, The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling, London, 1824, II.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Age of Neo-Classicism, 1972, no. 321.
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Canova – Ideal Heads, 11 July – 14 September, K. Eustace ed., no. 4, pp. 74-75, 84-85.
| Artiste: | Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822) |
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| Matériel: | Marbre, Calcul |
| Style artistique: | Néo-classicisme, Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Peinture mythologique |
| Lieu d'origine: | Italie, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Sculptures |
| Artiste: | Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822) |
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| Matériel: | Marbre, Calcul |
| Style artistique: | Néo-classicisme, Vieux Maître |
| Genre: | Peinture mythologique |
| Lieu d'origine: | Italie, Europe |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Sculptures |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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