Naiad
Antonio Canova
model 1815/1817, carved 1820/1823
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall (approximate height and width): 80 x 190 cm (31 1/2 x 74 13/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lillian Rojtman Berkman
Accession Number
2003.62.2
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...