Venus, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Domenico Marchetti (Italian, c. 1780-after1844) after a drawing by Giovanni Tognolli (Italian, 1786-1862) after the sculpture of Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)

Date

1817

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 54 × 40.8 cm (21 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 85.8 × 62 cm (33 13/16 × 24 7/16 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

John H. Wrenn Memorial and Everett D. Graff endowment funds