Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

After Antonio Canova Italian

n.d.

Not on view

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Title: Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.
Artist: After Antonio Canova (Italian, Possagno 1757–1822 Venice)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Brush and black and gray wash, graphite and black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (18.7 x 31.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Wright, 1949
Object Number: 49.116.26
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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