
Rijksmuseum
Portrait of Antonio Canova
Creator
Michele BenedettiItaliaans; graveur; koperslager; graficus; 1745; Viterbo; 1810-06-28; Wenen · 1745–1810
All works by this person →More on Wikidata- Date
- c. 1805
- Medium
- paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Object ID
- RP-P-1907-126
From the Rijksmuseum record
This portrait shows Canova at work on his most famous creation, the funerary monument for Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (see adjacent). A winged genius – a type of guardian angel – lies on a mourning lion to the right of the tomb’s entrance. The cloak worn by the sculptor and the laurel wreath are honorific vestments, not work clothes. The print was made after a painting owned by the Russian diplomat Razumovski and is dedicated to him.
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