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) 1807–1816 Marble, 205 x 99 x 55 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich
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
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) 1817–1822 Marble, 208 x 137 x 65.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry) 1816 Marble, 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Trained by his grandfather, an Italian stonemason, Canova began modeling clay and carving marble sculptures before age ten. In…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Teseo e il centauro (Theseus and the Centaur) 1804–1819 Marble, h. 340 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus) 1778–1779 Marble, 182 x 95 cm Museo Correr, Venezia