Antonio Canova (1757–1821)
ArtistStudio of
Sir Thomas Lawrence
British, 1769–1830
Datecirca 1816–1820
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm)
frame: 42 1/2 × 34 3/4 in. (108 × 88.3 cm)
frame: 42 1/2 × 34 3/4 in. (108 × 88.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and Mr. and Mrs. John Kellenberger
Object number67.28.1
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesCharles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 13, illus. (color).
"Lawrence Portrait Enters Collection," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events (November 1967), briefly discussed and illus. (b-w) unnumbered page.
"La Chronique des Arts" (Supplement to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts) no. 1189 (February 1968), 7, illus. no. 267.
The Art Quarterly 31, no. 2 (Summer 1968), 207, illus. 221.
"NCMA Monthly Tour with Helen Tucker" We the People (April 1968), illus. 22.
British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 91, illus. (b-w).
North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1969), mentioned 3, listed 56, illus. (b-w) 63.
Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970) 92, illus. (color) 93.
The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1973), cat. no. 21, illus. (b-w).
David Steel, "Canova's Venus Italica," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 1993), 3, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October 1970, 92, illus. (color) 93.
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 16-December 30, 1973, cat. no. 21, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "Facets of Faces: Functions of Portraits," September 1, 1989-June 1, 1990.
Omaha, NE, Joslyn Art Museum, "On View to the World: Painting at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition," May 30-September 6, 1998.
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Eighteenth Century Paintings and Sculptures from the North Carolina Museum of Art," April 21, 2002 - March 30, 2003.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017. Object Rights Statement
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