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English[en]
The wooden base, draped like a catafalque, once contained a mechanism for rotating the sculpture, as in the case of other works by Canova and in the adapted bases of ancient sculpture in galleries, so that a viewer could observe it from all angles without moving him/herself.
Portuguese[pt]
A base em madeira, decorada como uma catafalco, dispunha de um mecanismo para girar a escultura, como noutras obras de Canova, para que os visitantes pudessem observar a obra de todos os ângulos.