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71 - Italian Neoclassical School,
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Italian Neoclassical School, late 18th century- Study of a crouching male nude; pen and brown ink on laid paper, with a pen and ink sketch verso, bears inscription 'Bartolomeo Bandinelli' verso, bears unidentified collector's mark verso, 13 x 15 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 2003, lot 57 (£7,170); where purchased by the present owner (A Distinguished British Private Collection). Note: Canova was a seminal Italian sculptor of the Neoclassical period, who was celebrated for his theatrical marbles depicting dramatic heroic scenes. The present work is a particularly finished example of the artist's nude studies on paper, evidently used to inform his sculptural compositions, with other examples of his drawings including his standing male nude studies which sold at Bassenge, Berlin, on 26 November 2010, lot 6252 (€2,550 hammer), and on 30 November 2006, lot 5479 (€10,000 hammer).
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