Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova

(17571822)

Marchese d’Ischia

The artist’s works:

Euridice (1776)

Euridice
1776
Museo CorrerVenezia

Orfeo (1776)

Orfeo
1776
Museo CorrerVenezia

Orfeo
1777
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Dedalo e Icaro (1778-1779)

Dedalo e Icaro
17781779
Museo CorrerVenezia

Teseo sul Minotauro (1782)

Teseo sul Minotauro
1782
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon

Amore e Psiche che si abbracciano
17871793
Musée du LouvreParis

Autoritratto (1792)

Autoritratto
1792
Galleria degli UffiziFirenze

Psiche
17931794
Kunsthalle BremenBremen

Amore e Psiche
1796
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Amore e Psiche in piedi
c.1797
Musée du LouvreParis

Amore e Psiche
18001803
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Ebe
18001805
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Testa di Medusa
c.1801
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

Busto di Napoleone
c.1802
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Busto di Napoleone (1803)

Busto di Napoleone
1803
Galleria Palatina, Firenze

Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-1806)

Napoleone come Marte pacificatore
18031806
Wellington Museum, London

Vittoria Alata
c.18031806
National Gallery of ArtWashington

Perseo con la testa della Medusa
18041806
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

Teseo e il centauro (1804-1819)

Teseo e il centauro
18041819
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte (1804-1807)

Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte
18041807
Chatsworth House, England

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (1805-1808)

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix
18051808
Galleria BorgheseRoma

Paride (1807-1816)

Paride
18071816
Neue PinakothekMunich

Maddalena penitente
18081809
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Busto di Paride
1809
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

Autoritratto
1812
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

Paride
18121813
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Venus Italica (1812)

Venus Italica
c.1812
Galleria Palatina, Firenze

Le tre Grazie
18131816
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Naiade
model 18151817, carved 18201823
National Gallery of ArtWashington

Terpsichore Lyran (1816)

Terpsichore Lyran
1816
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

Venere e Marte (1817-1822)

Venere e Marte
18171822
Buckingham PalaceLondon

Naiade
18191824
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

Testa di Paride
c.1819
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Ercole e Lica (after)
19th century
National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne

Ragazza danzante
s.d.
Wadsworth AtheneumHartford

Born November 1 1757 Possagno (Italia)
Died October 13 1822 Venezia (Italia)
Buried Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venezia)
Occupation Painter Sculptor
Title Marquis