Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade (Naiad) model 1815–1817, carved 1820–1823 Marble, 80 x 190 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade 1819–1824 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Canova, Antonio & studio (1757-1822) Naiade (Reclining Naiad) 1819–1824 Carrara marble, 88.9 × 190.5 × 82.6 cm, 1160.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a variant of the Reclining Venus with Cupid, now in Buckingham Palace, which was…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1804–1806 Marble, 242.6 x 191.8 x 102.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Countess Valeria Tarnowska first met the sculptor Antonio Canova, on December…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paride (Paris) 1816 Marble, 203.7 x 103.7 x 55 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich Paris, the son of the Trojan king Priam, had been abandoned as a child and found and raised by shepherds. The apple in his right hand…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) & Workshop Testa di Paride (Head of Paris) c.1819 Marble, h. 66 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Paride 1809 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paride (Paris) 1812–1813 Marble, h. 207 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paride 1816 Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Vittoria Alata (Winged Victory) c.1803–1806 Bronze, 76.6 x 20 x 18.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Venere e Marte (Venus and Mars) 1815–1819 Marble, 208 x 137 x 65.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London A full length marble statue of Mars and Venus, standing. Venus stands partially draped gazing upwards at Mars, who…
