Bust of the sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822)
Imperial Vienna Porcelain Manufactory (1744–1864)
Anton Mathias Grassi (1755–1807)
1806
this site may contain automatically translated text- Material/technique
- biscuit porcelain; base: hard-paste porcelain, blue ground, gilding
- Measurements
- 43.5 × 22.5 × 18.0 cm Bust and pedestal (permanently mounted)
- Acquisition
- acquired in 2014 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Imperial Vienna Porcelain Manufactory
- Anton Mathias Grassi
- Inventory number
- PO 2748
- Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
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Marke: Weissdrehernummer: 53
Jahresstempel: 819
Ritzzeichen: 3
- Provenance
- acquired in 2014 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Place of origin
- Vienna
- Iconography
- Antonio Canova (1757–1822)
Hugh Honour, "Nome de pittori e scultori che hanno fatto il ritratto del. sig. Canova", in: Ausst.-Kat.La mano e il volto di Antonio Canova. Nobile semplicità. Serena grandezza, Fondazione Canova (Hg.), Museo Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Possagno 11.10.2008–6.1.2009, erschienen Treviso 2008, S. 30–44, S. 31 und S. 34
Jacob von Falke, Die k.k. Wiener Porzellanfabrik. Ihre Geschichte und die Sammlung ihrer Arbeiten im österreichischen Museum, Wien 1887, S. 88, Kat. 309
Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, Claudia Jobst, Wiener Porzellan des Klassizismus. Die Ära Conrad von Sorgenthal 1784–1805, Wien 2000, S. 43
Ausst.-Kat. Prachtware. Porzellane des Klassizismus aus dem Marton Museum in Zagreb, Johann Kräftner, Annette Ahrens, Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Liechtenstein Museum, Wien 18.6.2010–9.11.2010, erschienen Wien 2010, S. 169, Abb. 169, Kat. 15.6
Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. 900 years of a ruling family in the heart of Europe, LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna (Hg.), National Palace Museum, Seoul 5.12.2018–10.2.2019, erschienen Seoul 2018, S. 356, Kat.-Nr. 200
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