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Portrait of Canova, Antonio

Canova, Antonio

1757–1822

Nationality: Republic of Venice
Born: 1757, Possagno
Died: 1822, Venice
Gender: male

Movements

Neoclassicism

Occupations

draftsperson
sculptor
painter
architect
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Biography

Canova was the most successful and influential Neoclassical sculptor. During the 1780s he developed a new style marked by severity and idealistic purity, which led many of his contemporaries to prefer his ideal sculptures to such previously universally admired antique statues as the Medici Venus and the Farnese Hercules. He was also a popular portrait sculptor, often combining a classicizing format with a naturalistic presentation of features.

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Notable Works

  • Socrates discharges the Family
  • Death of Priam
  • Self-portrait
  • Dance of the Children of Alcinous
  • Psyche revived terracotta
  • Terracotta sketch of Cupid and Psyche
  • The Vestal
  • lions of the Tomb of Clement XIII
  • Madame Letizia Bonaparte
  • Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Creugas
  • Wrestlers
  • Hebe
  • Venus Italica
  • Vestale
  • Funeral stele of Willem George d'Orange
  • Model of the monument to Titian
  • Theseus defeating the Centaur
  • Bust of Francis I
  • Ferdinand I of Bourbon as Athena
  • Apollo
  • Bust of Napoleon
  • George Washington
  • Bust of Leopoldo Cicognara
  • Hercules and Lychas
  • Venus Victrix
  • The Three Graces
  • Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
  • Bust of Helen
  • Mercato degli Amorini
  • Eurydice
  • Funeral stele of Giovanni Volpato
  • Funeral stele of Giovanni Falier
  • Funerary stele of Alexandre de Souza Holstein
  • Orpheus
  • Herm of Sappho
  • Hecuba offers the peplum to Athena Pallas
  • Original model for the statue for Letizia Bonaparte
  • Paris

Artworks

39 artworks
Back view of Venus reclining accompanied by Cupid with a harp, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Back view of Venus reclining accompanied by Cupid with a harp, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Venus, back view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Venus, back view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Venus, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Venus, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Paris leaning on tree stump, back view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Paris leaning on tree stump, back view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Paris leaning on tree stump, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Paris leaning on tree stump, frontal view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Perseus with the head of Medusa, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

Ajax, front view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

Ajax, front view, from "Oeuvre de Canova: Recueil de Statues..."

1817

The tomb of Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico in the Vatican

The tomb of Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico in the Vatican

ca. 1790

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

n.d.

Study for a Tomb

Study for a Tomb

ca. 1790/91–95

Perseus Triumphant

Perseus Triumphant

1813

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

n.d.

Nude Man Standing with One Arm Raised

Nude Man Standing with One Arm Raised

early 19th century

Four Studies of Nude Men

Four Studies of Nude Men

1757–1822

Nude Study

Nude Study

early 19th century

Nude Study

Nude Study

early 19th century

Standing Male Nude

Standing Male Nude

early 19th century

Nude Study

Nude Study

early 19th century

Nude Study

Nude Study

early 19th century

Nude Man Reclining (recto); Man Facing Left with Out-stretched Arms (verso)

Nude Man Reclining (recto); Man Facing Left with Out-stretched Arms (verso)

early 19th century

Bust of Napoleon

Bust of Napoleon

ca. 1808–14

Paris

Paris

ca. 1822–23, original marble version completed November 1812

Venus Italica

Venus Italica

probably ca. 1822–23, variant of marble first executed 1810

Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

1798–99