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A self-portrait by Antonio D’Este for Chicago
2/4/24 - Acquisition - Chicago, Art Institute - While the Art Institute of Chicago was devoting an exhibition to Antonio Canova earlier this year [1], a work by his main collaborator and disciple Antonio D’Este joined its rich European collections, donated by Jonathan and Ute Kagan. Remaining in private hands until 2019, this large marble Self-portrait was acquired for the American museum from the London gallery Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, which has held it ever since.
- Antonio d’Este (1754-1837)
Self-portrait, 1810
Marble - 68 × 33 cm
Chicago, Art Institute
Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago - See the image in its page
Described as "a masterful example of neoclassical portraiture in Rome in the early nineteenth century" by Emerson Bowyer, chief curator of European…