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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.336.4
People
Unidentified Artist
After Antonio Canova, Italian (Possagno, Italy 1757 - 1822 Venice, Italy)
Title
The Three Graces, after Canova
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94376

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.7 x 3.8 x 1 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: at edges of image, relief, Greek: vertically at left edge: [epsilon upsilon phi pi omega sigma iota nu [EUPHROSYNE]]; below image: [alpha gamma lambda lambda iota alpha sigma [AGLAIA]]; vertically at right edge: [tau alpha lambda iota alpha sigma [THALIA]]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. A. D. Hurd, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. A. D. Hurd
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.336.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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