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May 21, 2018 · Canova's George Washington. Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at The Frick Collection, provides an introduction to the current exhibition, 'Canova's George Washington,'...
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May 21, 2018 · Il Direttore della Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova Mario Guderzo presenta la mostra “Canova’s George Washington” alla Frick Collection di New York e i tanti progetti espositivi che ...
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George Washington was a life-size marble statue of George Washington, done in the style of a Roman general, by the Venetian-Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed in 1820 and installed in the rotunda of the North Carolina State House on December 24, 1821.
On May 23, The Frick Collection presents Canova’s George Washington, an exhibition that examines the history of the artist’s lost masterpiece. The show brings together for the first time all of the objects connected to the creation of the sculpture— including a remarkable life-sized modello that has never before left Italy—and tells the ...
Antonio Canova, George Washington, 1817, terracotta, Museo di Roma The plaster model shows the final costume: Washington in ancient armor to reflect his reputation as a general in the American Revolution.
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Jul 16, 2018 · George Washington, the father of the United States, died on December 14, 1799, at the age of 67. Sixteen years later, Washington began posing for a posthumous portrait by the leading neoclassicist sculptor of the day, Antonio Canova.
