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Reclining Naiad |
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by Antonio Canova |
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This is a variant of the Reclining Venus with Cupid, now |
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in Buckingham Palace, which was made for Lord Cawdor in |
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1814 and ceded by him to the Prince Regent. 1970.1, |
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commissioned by the fourth earl of Darnley, was completed |
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by Canova's assistents after his death and delivered to |
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the earl at Cobham Hall in Kent in 1824. The original |
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plaster model for the Naiad, completed in 1817, is in the |
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Gipsoteca di Possagno. Compositional prototypes include |
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Canova's Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix and an ancient |
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Hermaphrodite, both in the Borghese Gallery, Rome. |
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Numerous slight indentations throughout the marble may be |
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visible remains of the pointing system. |
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Date Published: 2014-02-25 05:49:56 |
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Identifier: mma_reclining_naiad_205177 |
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Item Size: 397740 |
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Media Type: image |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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1819–24 |
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Italian (Rome) |
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Rome |
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Italy |
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Sculpture |
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Marble |
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# Collections |
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