Winged Victory

Antonio Canovac. 1803/1806

Details

Title: Winged Victory
Creator: Antonio Canova, after the Antique
Date Created: c. 1803/1806
Physical Dimensions: overall (with base): 76.6 x 20 x 18.1 cm (30 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.) gilded globe (diameter): 10.2 cm (4 in.) overall (figure height from left big toe to top of head): 38 cm (14 15/16 in.) overall (figure height from left big toe to right wing tip): 53.3 cm (21 in.) overall (figure height from left big toe to left wing tip): 51.8 cm (20 3/8 in.) base (height): 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Art market, London, 1980s;[1] (Daniel Katz, London);[2] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1990, no. 139); (Anthony Roth, London); (Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York); purchased 7 June 1991 by NGA. [1] A telephone message from Sotheby's, London, 6 May 1991 (in NGA curatorial files), reports that the bronze was acquired from an unidentified antiques dealer in King's Road, London. [2] According to Nicholas Penny, in notes recorded October 2004 when Daniel Katz visited the NGA, Katz consigned the sculpture to the 1990 sale and he [Katz] thought that Roth was the purchaser; notes in NGA curatorial files.
Rights: CC0
Medium: bronze

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