BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Lot Closed
July 9, 03:21 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822)
ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800-1820
BUST OF TERPSICHORE LYRAN (MUSE OF LYRIC POETRY)
marble, on a marble socle
44cm., 17¼in. overall
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The present bust is derived from the lifesize figure of Terpsichore Lyran, a marble of which is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. no. 1968.212). Canova exhibited the marble at the Royal Academy in London in 1817 to great acclaim.
