Dancing Girl with Her Finger on Her Chin

Antonio Canova1809

Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova
Possagno, Italy

Canova's statues on the theme of dance were made between 1806 and 1811 and immediately became popular. They are three dancers and they represent joyful and serene girls while they dance, surprising for the lightness of the bodies and the naturalness of the movements.

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Title: Dancing Girl with Her Finger on Her Chin
Creator: Antonio Canova
Date: 1809
Date Created: 1809
Medium: plaster

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