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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1910.12.1.20
People
Unidentified Artist
After Antonio Canova, Italian (Possagno, Italy 1757 - 1822 Venice, Italy)
Title
Theseus Defeating the Centaur, after Canova
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/100437

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
5.1 x 5.9 x 1 cm (2 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. George E. Ellis, Boston, MA, To the Massachusetts Historical Society. Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, From Dr. George E. Ellis, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Accession Year
1910
Object Number
1910.12.1.20
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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