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Summary
| Antonio Canova: Italiano: Socrate beve la cicuta
English: Socrates Drinking Hemlock (   ) |
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| Title |
Italiano: Socrate beve la cicuta
English: Socrates Drinking Hemlock |
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| Description |
This is one of the three scenes devoted to the death of Socrates, as narrated by Plato in Phaedo. For these scenes Canova drew inspiration from Cesarotti’s translation for these subjects, depicting them as a kind of layman’s Stations of the Cross. The sculptor completely foregoes narration, eliminating all decorative elements and focusing entirely on tersely rendering the event, with the intention of representing the classical spirit that is the well-spring of his art. The bas-relief was reproduced in an engraving by Tommaso Piroli (engraver) and Vincenzo Camuccini (draughtsman): copperplate etching retouched with burin; 228 x 505 mm. Regarding the Rezzonico bas-reliefs, see entry for Justice. |
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| Date | between 1787 and 1790 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | gypsum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 123 cm (48.4 in); width: 263 cm (103.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Italiano: Sezione I |
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| Accession number |
BD00133AFC |
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| Notes | Domenico Sedini, Artgate Fondazione Cariplo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Artgate Fondazione Cariplo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Fondazione Cariplo
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