Bust of Paris
Antonio Canova
1809
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
69.9 × 30.8 × 28 cm (27 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 11 in.); With socle: 134.7 × 58.5 cm (53 × 23 in.)
Classification
bust/head
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
102591
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...