Installation view of Canova’s George Washington in the Oval Room of the Frick Collection Photo: Michael Bodycomb- Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator at The Frick Collection, provides an introduction to the current exhibition, 'Canova's George Washington.' Courtesy of the Frick Collection
Installation view of Canova’s George Washington in the East Gallery of the Frick Collection Photo: Michael Bodycomb- It is one of the four preliminary models, part of the preparatory work. Canova always did a nude model of his sculptures so he could understand how the body worked under the drapery. Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of the Frick Collection
From the left: Francesco Genuardi, Consul General of Italy, Mario Guderzo, Director of the Gypsotheca and Museo Antonio Canova and Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of the Frick Collection; at the opening event
Antonio Canova. George Washington, 1818. Plaster. Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova, Possagno Fondazione Canova onlus, Possagno; photo Fabio Zonta