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Antonio Canova

Bassano del Grappa 1757 – 1822 Venice

Bust of Hebe. Between 1813 and 1817/18

Carrara marble. 50,5 cm (19 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Antonio Canova. Bust of Hebe. Between 1813 and 1817/18.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 40,800

 

- 54,400

Sold for:

43,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Carrara marble. 50,5 cm (19 ⅞ in.). Original patina, fine bored holes around the hair. Differentiated treatment of the surface of the body and hair areas. Nose and three pearls on the tiara repaired. Bust and base from two parts. Isolated minor puncture holes.

Related literature: Alfred Gotthold Meyer: Canova, Berlin and Leipzig 1898. Giovanni C. Ciollla: Antonio Canova. Plastiken von Liebe und Tod, Herrsching 1989. Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova (ed.): Canova e la danza, a cura di Mario Guderzo, exh. cat. Possagno 2012

We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz, of the University of Vienna, and Dr. Jutta von Simson, Berlin, for the valuable information provided.

Private collection, Bergamo / since the 1980s private collection, Northern Germany

Margin scheme.