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Antonio Canova / Dancer

Dancer

1809 · Marble

A dancer poses with her hands on her hips, one of Canova's graceful dancing figures.

LocationBerlin, Germany
DimensionsHeight 206 cm

Why it matters

A girl dances on tiptoe with raised arms, playing cymbals, her head bent to listen to the last vibrations of the sound.

Did you know?

  • It was carved between 1809 and 1812.
  • The plaster model is in Canova's gipsoteca in Possagno.
  • It is in the Bode Museum in Berlin.

Based on the Italian Wikipedia article Danzatrice con cembali (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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