拍品 1021
1021
A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE DANCING FIGURES
A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE DANCING FIGURES

F. PALLA, AFTER CANOVA, 20TH CENTURY,

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A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE DANCING FIGURES
F. PALLA, AFTER CANOVA, 20TH CENTURY,
both signed F. Palla, sculptor, Pietrasanta, Italy, both on later marble pedestals
61in. (155cm.) high; the bases 24¾in. (63cm.) high, 17¾in. (45cm.) wide, and 17¾in. (45cm.) deep (2)

拍品專文

Both of these statues are after Canova's celebrated, and often copied, dancing figures. The original of the figure with her hands on her hips was probably commissioned by Empress Joséphine in 1802, while on a visit to Rome. Destined for her collections at Malmaison, it was brought to Paris in 1812 and exhibited to much acclaim. It is now in the collections of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (see Antonio Canova, exh. cat., Venice, 1992, pp. 292-293).