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The Infant St John The Baptist, Presumed To Have Been Conceived As A Portrait Of Napoleon II, Roi De Rome by 
																	Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova

( Italian, 1757 - 1822 )

The Infant St John The Baptist, Presumed To Have Been Conceived As A Portrait Of Napoleon II, Roi De Rome

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Materials:

white marble

Measurements:

25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (height) by 13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (width) by 16.93 in. (43.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

I. Teotochi Albrizzi,. Opere di scultura e di plastica di Antonio Canova descritte da Isabella Albrizzi nata Teotochi , Pisa, 1822, vol. IV, p. 130 (1822 - 'Statua di San Giovanni Batista sedente, ripetizione con sensibili variazioni dall'altra simile, per signor Bering di Londra');. M. Missirini and L. Cicognara,. Della vita di Antonio Canova: libri quatro , Prato, 1825, p. 425 ('Lo Scultore trasse poi una replica di quel San Giovanni'), p. 512 ('Statua di San Giovanni Batista sedente, ripetizione con sensibili variazioni dall' altra simile per signor Bering di Londra');. A. D'Este, Memorie di Antonio Canova, Florence, 1864, p. 344 (1821.. San Giovan Battista in figura di piccolo bambino sedente, pel Baring di Londra; replica di altro scolpito nel 1817, non interamente ultimo dal Canova');. G. Pavanello, . L'opera completa del Canova , Milan, 1976, p. 129, no. 314;. I. Roscoe, . A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851 , New Haven and London, 2009, p. 192;. D. Gallo,. Le Saint Jean-Baptiste de Canova, un marbre retrouvé , Paris, 2017

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1773-1848) 1822, Bath House, London;. by descent to William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799-1864), Bath House, London;. by descent to Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800-1868), Bath House, London;. by descent to Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-1889), Bath House, London;. Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866-1938), The Grange, Northington Hampshire, from 1890 and until sold circa 1933-1938;. private collection United States until sold 2016;. the present owners, Paris, France

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