Ideal Head

On display

Title

Ideal Head
Artist/maker

Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822) (sculptor)
Associated place

Rome (place of creation)
Date

1816
Material and technique

marble
Object type

sculpture
Dimensions

54 cm (height)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Purchased with the assistance Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund, and Brian Murgatroyd in memory of his wife Angela, nee King, the Pilgrim Trust, the Friends, Central Purchase Fund, and numerous individual gifts, 1996.
Museum location

Second floor | Gallery 49 | Britain and Italy
Museum department

Western Art
Accession no.

WA1996.395

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