Antonio Canova
1757 - 1822
Two female figures standing, embracing as they read
c. 1797-1799
Pencil on paper
110 × 70 mm. (4 ⅜ × 2 ¾ in.)
Inscribed lower margin, in brown ink, by the hand of Melchior Missirini 'Canòva'
Provenance:
Melchior Missirini (personal secretary to and biographer of Canova); Teresa Benvenuti (daughter of the painter Pietro Benvenuti).Literature:
Leone, F., Antonio Canova. Two rediscovered drawings, Rome, Antichità Alberto Di Castro, 2012;
Benedetti, E., Johann Joachim Winckelmann nel duplice anniversario, in Studi sul Settecento Romano, Sapienza Università di Roma, No. 34, Rome, Edizioni Quasar, November 2018.;