Bust of Napoleon
ca. 1808–14
Medium
White marble (probably Carrara)
Dimensions
wt confirmed: 29 × 19 × 17 in., 265 lb. (73.7 × 48.3 × 43.2 cm, 120.2 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Roger Prigent, 2015
Accession Number
2015.489
Tags
About the Artist
Antonio Canova · 1757–1822
Antonio Canova, born on November 1, 1757, in the small town of Possagno in the Republic of Venice, was immersed in sculpture from childhood. His father, Pietro Canova, a stonecutter, died when Antonio was just four, prompting his mother, Angela Zardo Fantolin, to remarry and place him under the care of his paternal grandfather, Pasino Canova. A skilled stonemason and sculptor of late Baroque altar...