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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fridolina, post: 3434219, member: 17433&quot;]<b></b></p><p><b>Dancer by Antonio Canova</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302805[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/!ut/p/z0/Zc2xbsIwFIXhVwlDxnIvjW2po2sELVWaKkIo3AW5IaRujB0ck_L4hRExHuno-4GgAnJ6NK2Oxjttr3tLYldIKWaZwlWh-BxlUX7xUn0uccZgBXR34EKixDJjYpMje2c34TnkKm-Beh1_now7eKiWlIXxbb2Qe3V8XWza8aLl1n0ob21T39oP8EP5Cpvf04kkUO1dbC4Rqk4fzbBrXIp_PnRD4g-JDjFFFNNkqM-2j-fQpMhekHHoO_rmtp38A-2qeDU!/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/!ut/p/z0/Zc2xbsIwFIXhVwlDxnIvjW2po2sELVWaKkIo3AW5IaRujB0ck_L4hRExHuno-4GgAnJ6NK2Oxjttr3tLYldIKWaZwlWh-BxlUX7xUn0uccZgBXR34EKixDJjYpMje2c34TnkKm-Beh1_now7eKiWlIXxbb2Qe3V8XWza8aLl1n0ob21T39oP8EP5Cpvf04kkUO1dbC4Rqk4fzbBrXIp_PnRD4g-JDjFFFNNkqM-2j-fQpMhekHHoO_rmtp38A-2qeDU!/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/!ut/p/z0/Zc2xbsIwFIXhVwlDxnIvjW2po2sELVWaKkIo3AW5IaRujB0ck_L4hRExHuno-4GgAnJ6NK2Oxjttr3tLYldIKWaZwlWh-BxlUX7xUn0uccZgBXR34EKixDJjYpMje2c34TnkKm-Beh1_now7eKiWlIXxbb2Qe3V8XWza8aLl1n0ob21T39oP8EP5Cpvf04kkUO1dbC4Rqk4fzbBrXIp_PnRD4g-JDjFFFNNkqM-2j-fQpMhekHHoO_rmtp38A-2qeDU!/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302806[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/your-collection-dancer-by-antonio-canova" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/your-collection-dancer-by-antonio-canova" rel="nofollow">https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/your-collection-dancer-by-antonio-canova</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The following text is from the website of The National Gallery of Canada:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Canova was known for carving multiple versions of his favourite sculptures, and Dancer is no exception. The first version — now in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg — was produced for Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. When the work was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1812, one critic wrote, “The novelty of both the concept and the figure’s action, the charm of life and the illusion of movement in this, the simplest of compositions, made all Paris run to it, as if to a new play. I doubt that in the theatre, the most celebrated dancer has ever gathered such a crowd of admirers and received such applause.”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>“Canova’s second version of Dancer was commissioned in 1817 by English collector Sir Simon Clarke. It was not uncommon for artists to play with a concept until they felt they had gotten it right. Indeed, it was almost expected that an artist would rework sculptures and paintings, re-expressing an idea and making slight improvements each time. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Canova himself was fastidious when it came to modifying or reproducing one of his works, and never left the new iterations to his assistants. When it came to Clarke’s Dancer, Canova himself worked on the sculpture over the next few years — while simultaneously working on many other such commissions — finishing it shortly before his death at the age of 64. This second version of Dancer is the one in the National Gallery of Canada.”</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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