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AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822) | BUST OF TERPSICHORE LYRAN (MUSE OF LYRIC POETRY)

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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.