About this artwork
As official painter of the Apostolic Apartments, Bernardino Nocchi produced large fresco decorations for the papal residences at the Vatican. However, this painting is a reflection of his association with the great Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova—and of Canova’s exacting working process, which involved two-dimensional preparatory works as well as studies in terracotta and plaster. The plaster model was a key element in Canova’s design process, serving as the basis for adjustments before the final execution in marble. In a few instances, as here, Canova also commissioned paintings based on the plaster model, both to show to the patron and to anticipate the effects of light on the three-dimensional work. The plaster model for this tomb design survives in the Gipsoteca Canoviana, Possagno, Italy, but a large marble was never made. A reduced replica made for a Venetian patron by Antonio d’Este, the head of Canova’s workshop, is also in the collection of the Art Institute.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 218
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Bernardino Nocchi
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Title
- Deposition (after Antonio Canova)
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1800
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Dimensions
- 88 × 65.5 cm (34 3/4 × 25 3/4 in.); Framed: 98.1 × 76.7 × 7 cm (38 5/8 × 30 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Scott, Lynda, Jonathan, and Lindsey Canel
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Reference Number
- 2013.57
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/217534/manifest.json
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