Two Cast Plaster Models of Lions; After Antonio Canova (1757-1822) sub-Macabre- Medicine made 1820-1830

made 1820-1830

coffer-maker to Charles II

and with an acorn finial

The stylized depiction of a red indian was used for tobacco advertising from around 1810

in a baker boy or flat cap

Two Cast Plaster Models of Lions; After Antonio Canova (1757-1822) sub-Macabre- Medicine made 1820-1830Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1995One: 12 x 5. 25 x 4. 25Two: 13. 75 x 6 x 5. 25After Antonio Canova (1757 1822), the well proportioned and crisply cast plaster models of recumbent lions, both sleeping, one finished in terracotta and raised on a serpentine marble plinth, the other in plain plaster, and both surviving from the late twentieth century. The sculptures have no major flaws and no cracks or restoration present.