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Italia antiqua, 2014-15
GPC-1840
Collage on paper
50 x 70 cm
Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “Italia antiqua” / Giulio Paolini / 2014-15”
Collection of the artist
• Figure: Antonio Canova, funeral Genius from the Sepolcro di Clemente XIII, 1787-92, marble, 820 x 630 x 254 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Rome; reproduction from L’opera completa di Canova. Classici dell’Arte 213 (Milan: Rizzoli, 1976), plate XI.
• Background image: Circus Flaminius E Veterum Monumentis In Lucem Eductus, engraving, 42.4 x 54 cm, in Theatrum Civitatum at Admirandorum Italiæ (Amsterdam: Ioannis Blaeu, 1663).
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 07/08/2026
