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Portrait of Canova

Maker

(artist)
1778-1831

(engraver)
1843-1888

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of Canova

Date of Production

1873 [?]

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4570

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords








Provenance

previous owner : Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : John Jackson R.A.pinx. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Rajon, sculp. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : PORTRAIT DE CANOVA //

Inscription: inscription : printed : bottom right margin & recto : : Fçois Liénard, Imp,Paris. //

Inscription: inscription : typed: bottom centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription, over print : Roehebousseau Sale, / Paris, 5-8 May, 1873 //

Inscription: inscription : typed: bottom centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. JACKSON //

Inscription: inscription : typed: bottom right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : T.O. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil: top right & verso : later Witt inscription : 934/45 (34) //

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