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The Sleeping Nymph
Artist: Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1822
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 191 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £600 (Total: £600)
Vendor: Lansdowne Marbles, 1930
Review number: 749 (1930)
Provenance:
Collection of Lord Lansdowne
Description:
A nude female figure lying on a scagiola pedestal. White marble. The last work of Canova, the carving was finished by others. Four contemporary letters were purchased with the sculpture, one from the sculptor and three from his brother.
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