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Bust of Napoleon

ca. 1808–14

Medium

White marble (probably Carrara)

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Dimensions

wt confirmed: 29 × 19 × 17 in., 265 lb. (73.7 × 48.3 × 43.2 cm, 120.2 kg)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Roger Prigent, 2015

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian

Rights

Public Domain

About Antonio Canova

1757–1822 • Republic of Venice

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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