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Testa di Paride (c.1819)

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    

Venere e Marte (1815-1819)

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…

Terpsichore Lyran (1816)

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…

Teseo sul Minotauro (1782)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Teseo sul Minotauro (Theseus and the Minotaur) 1782 Marble, 145.4 x 158.7 x 91.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The legendary Greek hero Theseus sits astride the minotaur whom he has just killed. Coils of thread used…

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (1804-1808)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…

Sacra Famiglia sotto la quercia (1518-1520)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia sotto la quercia (Holy Family below the Oak) 1518–1520 Oil on panel, 144 x 110 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Leaning on a classical ruin, Saint Joseph looks at the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her…

La Perla (c.1518)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La Perla (The Holy Family, or La Perla) c.1518 Oil on panel, 147.4 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Philip IV called this painting The Pearl, as it was his favorite among all those in his collection. The…

Madonna d’Alba (c.1510)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna d’Alba (Alba Madonna) c.1510 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, diameter 94.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After four years in Florence, Raphael moved to Rome in 1508, probably to execute more significant commissions under the papal…

Angelo che tiene un filatterio (1500-1501)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Angelo che tiene un filatterio (Angel Holding a Phylactery) 1500–1501 Oil on poplar, 58 x 36 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting is a fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece, seriously damaged during an earthquake in 1789. Pala del beato Nicola da…