The Vestal
Antonio Canova
probably ca. 1819–23
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Height: 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of a number of friends through Miss Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.9
Tags
Women
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...