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Examines a little-known masterpiece by the celebrated Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822): the statue of George Washington for the North Carolina State House. This fascinating book tells the story of a little-known masterpiece by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) - the statue of George Washington for the North Carolina State House, delivered in 1821 and destroyed by fire ten years later. It brings together, for the first time, Canova's full-sized preparatory plaster model, sketches, engravings, drawings, and a selection of letters about the commission, some of them to or from Thomas Jefferson. This is a major addition to the current body of published knowledge on the work of Antonio Canova, as well as on the classical revivalist sculpture of the early nineteenth century on both sides of the Atlantic. AUTHOR: Xavier F. Salomon is Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, New York. SELLING POINTS: . An engaging account of a sculpture once considered the ""boast and pride of North America"" . Brings to life the activity of an 18th century sculptor's studio . Very few recent publications on Canova currently available 75 colour images

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A two-century-old statue of the nation's father, in the buff, is coming to the United States for the first time. And, no, he didn't pose for it. --James Barron, The New York Times, April 23, 2017 Italian Art Rarities Will Make American Debut at the Frick --Joshua Barone, The New York Times, April 7, 2017

"""A two-century-old statue of the nation's father, in the buff, is coming to the United States for the first time. And, no, he didn't pose for it.""--James Barron, The New York Times, April 23, 2017 ""Italian Art Rarities Will Make American Debut at the Frick""--Joshua Barone, The New York Times, April 7, 2017"

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Xavier F. Salomon is Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, New York. Guido Beltramini is the director of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza Mario Guderzo is the director of the Antonio Canova Museum, Possagno.

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