Sketches of Seven Statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping Cupid
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: Graphite, with inscriptions in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Recto of folded sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (16.5 × 23 cm)
Second page of folded sheet: 9 in. × 7 5/16 in. (22.9 × 18.5 cm)
Sheet open: 9 in. × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John De Witt Peltz, 1977
Accession year: 1977
Tags: Infants|Men|Women|Dogs