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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.237
People
Circle of Antonio Canova, Italian (Possagno, Italy 1757 - 1822 Venice, Italy)
Title
Study of a Horse, for the Equestrian Monument of Charles III Bourbon in Naples
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295548

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on cream wove paper
Dimensions
36.5 x 47.5 cm (14 3/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.237

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.237
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist no. 8

Exhibition History

  • Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999

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