A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

  • Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822.
Date:
[1807?]
Reference:
3085977i
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Description

The monument by Canova in memory of the engraver Giovanni Volpato (1735-1803), in the church of the Santissimi Apostoli, Rome, represented in an engraving of the same size

Publication/Creation

[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [1807?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 44.5 x 27.2 cm

Lettering

Fontana inc. The monument is inscribed "Io. Volpato MDCCCVII"

Edition

[State before engraved letters].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3085977i

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