The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture And Modelling, Engraved in Outline By Henry Moses; With Descriptions
The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture And Modelling, Engraved in Outline By Henry Moses; With Descriptions
Cicognara, Leopoldo, Conte, 1767-1834
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(basso RllilSVO, IN MARBLE.) Among the various causes that have promoted the works of our great Sculptor^ the most frequent has been the fond wish of preserving; the memory of dear and departed friends. To this end the noble family of the Manzoni have caused this Monument to be erected to the memory of Domenico Manzoni^ whose valued life (as we read in the inscription beneath) was terminated by the hand of an assassin. It consists of a marble tablet, with an elegant cornice, on which, in low re...lief, is a female figure, seated beside a funeral urn, placed on a polished pedestal. Her attitude expresses grief profound, and unmixed with hope, as if lamenting a beloved object on whom the tomb has closed for ever. She is simply and gracefully attired in a fine tunic, over which is wound a flowing mantle. Her hair neglected, as in grief, is simply gathered together behind, while a few Digitized by Google MOmmENT OF DOMEMICO MAmSONI. lodes hang loosely down toward the bade The fol- lowing is the inscription on the tomb, penned by the celebrated Schiassi : — OERTRUDA.
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