# George Washington, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova, in Neoclassicism

Antonio Canova made this in 1817, aged 52. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Antonio Canova’s statue of George Washington, commissioned by the state of North Carolina for its State House in Raleigh, showed the first American president seated in Roman dress, writing on a tablet.

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## The work

- Date: 1817
- Medium: Engraving in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions: Plate: 45 × 32.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.51
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Antonio Canova](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/antonio-canova), Italian, 1765–1820

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Antonio Canova](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/antonio-canova?hang=749) (3 works)
- [More prints of the 19th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-19?hang=749) (159 works)
- [19th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-italy?hang=749) (13 works)

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