Lotto 355 | A transparent glass impression. Theseus and the Centaur after Canova, by Pichler. 19th century.

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A transparent glass impression. Theseus and the Centaur after Canova, by Pichler. 19th century.

A transparent glass impression. Theseus and the Centaur after Canova, by Pichler.


19th century.


This cast is taken from a sardonic intaglio engraved by Luigi Pichler, depicting Theseus fighting with the Centaur, inspired by Canova’s marble sculpture group (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum). Grand Tour Era. 


Parallel: L.P. P. Stefanelli, La Collezione Paoletti, vol. 2, p. 59 n. 380.


28 x 34 x 5 mm.