The virtues crown the bust of Antonio Canova

Michele Sangiorgi

(Faenza 1785 - Roma 1822) Sold

• 1812
• Pencil, pen, brown ink wash, gray ink wash on squared paper
• 460 x 688 mm
• Inscribed in the center on the cippus: “TO THE GLORY / [BY] / ANTONIO CANOVA”; bottom center: “VIRTUS TRIUMPH[ANS]”