1827, Venice
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1827, Venice
Metropolitan Museum of Art- Identifier
- 67.219.1
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Gift of Michael Hall, 1967
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 74%
- Embroidery 52%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 43%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 44%
- Vegetal motif 41%
- Production time
- Production place
Description
Canova's monument in the Church of Santa Maria dei Frari in Venice was executed in 1827 by his pupils after his unrealized project for the Tomb of Titian in that same church. Canova himself had adapted the project previously for the mausoleum of the Archduchess Christiana in Vienna.
