Elena d’Orleans Duchess of Aosta

Author:
Pietro Canonica (1869-1959)
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
1904
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 64x56x27
Inventory:
inv. C. 402
The hall
This is the beginning of the display rooms. On display in this room are several of the artist’s most beautiful marble works, mainly portraits, a genre in which Canonica excelled, being particularly famous for his subtle interpretations of the psychology of the people he depicted.