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Canova’s copper head of Medusa
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 916-923
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Author:
Gustin, Melissa L. (Gustin, Melissa L.)
Subjects
art literature:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim / Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
artists:
Canova, Antonio
buildings:
Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum, Italy
dates:
1790-1799
media:
Marbles / Copper / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy / Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy
styles:
Italian sculpture
subjects:
Medusa / Perseus / Antiquity / Roman art / Conservation
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Triumphant Perseus, by Antonio Canova. Second version, 1804–06. Marble, 242.6 by 191.8 by 102.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Head of Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1797–1800. Embossed copper with bronze additions, 31 by 40.5 by 29.8 cm. (Museo Biblioteca Archivio, Bassano del Grappa).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the head of Medusa.
Attributed works:
4. Head of Medusa, cast after Antonio Canova. 1806–07. Plaster, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Perseus and Medusa, by Antonio Canova. c.1798–99. Oil on canvas, 24 by 73 cm. (Museo Correr, Venice).
Attributed works:
7. Fig.2 during restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
Attributed works:
8. Five dancers with garlands of flowers, by Antonio Canova. 1799. Mixed media on canvas, 72 by 178 cm. (© Museo e Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno).
Attributed works:
9. Fig.2 prior to restoration. (Courtesy Museo Archivio Biblioteca Bassano del Grappa).
Western art unattributed:
10. Archaising bust of a youth (bust of Apollo). Roman. Bronze, height 25 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples).
Western art unattributed:
10. Ptolemy Apion. Roman. Bronze, height 29 cm. (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples; photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Rondanini Medusa. Roman copy after a bronze original of c.170 BC. Marble, height 29 cm. (Glypthotek, Munich; photograph © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro).
Western art unattributed:
9. Ptolemy Apion, from De’ bronzi di Ercolano e contorni incisi con qualche spiegazione: Tomo Primi: Busti, Naples 1767. Table LIX, p.203.
Exhibition Review
Buried by Vesuvius: The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 855-858
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Reviewer:
Crowley, Patrick (Crowley, Patrick)
Subjects
buildings:
Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum, Italy
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Bronzes / Sculpture / Marbles / Frescoes / Furniture
museums and institutions:
Getty Villa, Malibu, United States
places:
Herculaneum
styles:
Roman art
subjects:
Excavations / Research / Conservation / Scientific analysis / Displays
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Installation view of Buried by Vesuvius: The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2019, showing the Runners (courtesy J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
6. Detail of a tripod leg, showing cupids making offerings to a herm. First century BC/AD. Ash wood and ivory. (Parco Archeologico di Ercolano; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
7. Papyrus unrolling machine, Italian. c.1756, manufactured 1800s. Wood, glass and brass, 155.6 by 102 by 50 cm. (closed) (Biblioteca Nazionale ‘Vittorio Emanuele III’, Naples; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
8. Fresco with window, branch, fillet and painted plaque, Roman. c.40–30 BC. 191.5 by 88.3 cm. (reconstructed) (Parco Archeologico di Ercolano; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).