Virtues Crowning the Bust of Canova
1812
Artist, Italian, died 1822
Michele Sangiorgi
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown and gray washes over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 45.88 × 68.58 cm (18 1/16 × 27 in.)
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Accession Number
2023.49.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Bologna; (Cortona Fine Art, Milan); purchased 2023 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2022
Bellezza & Bizzarria, Cortona Fine Art, Milan, 2022, no.8 (cat. entry by Francesco Leone).
2023
Michele Sangiorgi Ineditus, Cortona Fine Art, Milan, 2023, no.1.
Bibliography
2022
Leone, Francesco. Antonio Canova: la vita e l'opera. Rome, 2022: 520 and fig. 261.
Leone, Francesco, and S. Grandesso. Canova e il dolore: Le stelle Mellerio e il rinoovamento della rappresentazione sepolcrale. Treviso, 2022: no. 33.
Inscriptions
in image in pen and brown ink: ALLA GLORIA / ANTONIO CANOVA; lower center in pen and brown ink: VIRTUS TRIUMPH