Sketches of Seven Sculptures: The Four Seasons, Venus and Adonis, A Beggar, and Salmacis
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Gibson|Antonio Canova
Artist bio: British, Gwynedd, Wales 1790–1866 Rome|Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: British, born Wales|Italian
Date: ca. 1850
Medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23.4 × 34.7 cm)
Sheet (left side with Seasons): 6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (15.9 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet (right side): 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.7 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John De Witt Peltz, 1977
Accession year: 1977
Tags: Adonis|Nymphs|Venus