Antonio Canova
(Possagno 1757–1822 Venice)
Study of a male head, signed and dated Antonio Canova f. 1794, black chalk on laid paper, 34 x 50 cm, browned, considerable foxing, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy.
The drawing goes back to an engraving by Domenico Cunego (1726–1803) and is based on a drawing by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779) after the figure of the young man next to Euklid in Raphaels fresco “School of Athens” (c. 1509–1510) in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Cunego’s engraving was published in 1785 in the album “Le LII test della celebre scuola d’Atene dipinta da Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino nel Palazzo Vaticano disegnati in XL. carte dal cavalier Antonioe Raffaello Mengs, incise da Domenico, Rom 1785 (Pl. 8). For the drawing by Mengs see S. Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs 1728–1779, Vol. I, p. 477, No. Z141T8.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Steffi Roettgen for the scientific support.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
19.10.2021 - 15:52
- Realized price: **
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EUR 14,080.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,000.- to EUR 2,400.-
Antonio Canova
(Possagno 1757–1822 Venice)
Study of a male head, signed and dated Antonio Canova f. 1794, black chalk on laid paper, 34 x 50 cm, browned, considerable foxing, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy.
The drawing goes back to an engraving by Domenico Cunego (1726–1803) and is based on a drawing by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779) after the figure of the young man next to Euklid in Raphaels fresco “School of Athens” (c. 1509–1510) in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. Cunego’s engraving was published in 1785 in the album “Le LII test della celebre scuola d’Atene dipinta da Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino nel Palazzo Vaticano disegnati in XL. carte dal cavalier Antonioe Raffaello Mengs, incise da Domenico, Rom 1785 (Pl. 8). For the drawing by Mengs see S. Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs 1728–1779, Vol. I, p. 477, No. Z141T8.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Steffi Roettgen for the scientific support.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 19.10.2021 - 15:52 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.10. - 19.10.2021 |
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