Venus and Cupid, 1798–99, Italian, Terracotta, Overall: 10 1/4 x 19 11/16 x 7 1/16 in. (26 x 50 x 17.9 cm.), Sculpture, Antonio Canova (Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice), This group is more closely related to Canova's painting than to his sculpture. Escaping from the 'fearful effects of the Revolution' that were then afflicting Rome (Canova 1994, p. 310), he spent much of the years 1797–98 with his family in Possagno, there taking time out to paint several of the canvases that were a delightful sideline of his
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Venus, Cupid, 1798–99, Italian, Terracotta, Overall, 10 1/4 x 19 11/16 7 1/16, 26 50 17.9 cm, Sculpture, Antonio Canova, Possagno, 1757–1822, Venice, group, closely related, Canova, painting, sculpture, Escaping, fearful effects, Revolution, afflicting Rome, Canova 1994, p, 310, spent, years 1797–98, family, taking time, out, paint several, canvases, delightful sideline
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