A sleeping nymph. Engraving by A. Bertini after G. Tognoli after A. Canova.

[Rome?]

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 41.6 x 53.7 cm

Ninfa che dorme. Ant. Canòva inv. e scolpì ; G. Tognòli dis. ; Ang. Bertini inc. Statua in marmo di grandezza naturale. A S.E. Lady William Bentinck in segno di ossequiosa e candida amicizia Antono Canòva.

Wellcome Collection 3087406i

"Canova made the plaster model for this figure in 1820. In 1821 he was commissioned to make a marble version for Lord Lansdowne, but this was unfinished at his death. It was completed in his workshop, and sent to Lord Lansdowne in 1824."--Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue, January 2019