Fragment of a Composition with a Lion's Head and a Satyr's Leg (?)

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Terracotta sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Terracotta store

Inventory

PV 1208

Material and technique

Terracotta

Author

Italian Sculptor

Dating

Last quarter of 18th century

Dimensions

11.6x10.4x9.8 cm.

Origin

Evan Gorga Collection (1949)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

This work is the study for a detail of a much larger composition. The photographic catalogue, at the Archivio della Soprintendenza Speciale al Polo Museale di Roma (neg. SBAS RM 135270), attributes the work to Antonio Canova, comparing the model to the group of Hercules and Lichas (1795-1815), held by the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.

Cristiano Giometti

Bibliography

Unpublished