Raphael Morghen
Antonio Canova
1804
Scroll
Raphael Morghen
Antonio Canova
1804
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 260 × 191 mm. (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Plate: 203 × 151 mm. (8 × 5 15/16 in.)
Image (oval): 123 × 94 mm. (4 13/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2040
Given by Morghen as a gift to Canova when he passed briefly through Florence in 1804, and not properly finished then through lack of time. This is the state before the pupils were added to the eyes. The inscription was composed by the Abate Lanzi, and fifty impressions of this state were printed before the later retouching in the eye.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett (L. 2435b), by purchase; James L. Claghorn (L. 555c) by purchase.
Palmerini, Niccolo. "Opere d'intaglio del cav. Raffaello Morghen" (Florence: Presso Niccolo Pagni, 1824): cat. 202.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 125ii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 85ii.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 30ii.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 125ii.
Apell, Aloys. "Handbuch fur Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexicon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blatter" (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): cat. 85ii.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 30ii.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: inscribed in plate below image "ANTONIO . CANOVAE . EQUITI / STATUARIO . ELEGANTIAE . VETERIS . RESTITUTORI / FLORENTIA.CURSIM.PRAETEREVNTI.A.CIC.IC.CCC.V./RAPHAEL . MORGHEN/ EFFIGIEM.EIUS.CESTRO.SUO.INCHOATAM/ET.OB.ANGUSTIAS.TEMPORIS.NON.PERFECTAM.D.D./NE.AMICUM.OPTIMUM.INCOMPARABILEM/XENI.EXPERTEM.DIMITTAT"; in graphite, "LB 125/ 3 Muli [? illegible]/7435 [enclosed in a diamond]".
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
