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Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova by Antonio Canova — VisualArtsDB

Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

1812

Medium: Plaster
Dimensions: 90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm (35 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Genre: bust/head
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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nineteenth century

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nineteenth centuryportraits: male subject19th centuryplastercasting (process)portraitartistmoldingItaliansculpturebust/headartistssculptingportraitsHeadNeoclassicismcoating (material)busts

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