Ajax, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Pietro Fontana (Italian, 1762-1837) after a drawing by Giovanni Tognolli (Italian, 1786-1862) after the sculpture of Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)

Date

1817

Medium

Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 60.5 × 41.2 cm (23 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

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