Antonio Canova

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Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor.

Self portrait, 1792
Self portrait circa 1799
Self portrait
Antonio Canova, by George Hayter, 1817
Canova by John Jackson (painter), 1819
Bust on the facade of Palazzo Brentani in Milan(1829/30).

Works[edit]

Theseus slaying the Centaur (KHM Vienna)
Maddalena penitente
Paris. Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Ballerina, National Gallery in Washington D.C.
Ballerina, National Gallery in Washington D.C.
Terpsichore
Palamedes
Greek God
Perseus, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Dancer, marble, Bode-Museum, Berlin
Tomb of Vittorio Alfieri
Ercole e Lica (1795) a Roma.
Statue of the boxer Creugas. Marble, ca. 1800
Statue of the boxer Damoxenos. Marble, ca. 1800., purchased by Pius VII
Napoleon bust, a gift of the Emperor to the City of Sint-Niklaas
Canova tomb in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venezia)
'Dancing Girl with Hands on Hips' in Tacoma, WA, USA.jpg

The three Graces[edit]

The three graces, 1813-1816, marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, prime version
The Three Graces, 1815-1817, Victoria and Albert Museum

Psyche revived by the kiss of Love (Amor and Psyche)[edit]

Amor et Psyche (Louvre, Paris)
Amor et Psyche left view (Louvre, Paris)

Cenotaph of Marie Christine of Austria at Augustinerkirche (Vienna)[edit]

Photographed by Francis Frith

Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte at Milan[edit]

English: The bronze statue to Napoleon Bonaparte sculpted by Antonio Canova, in the courtyard of the Palace of Brera at Milan

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Nude Napoleon statue in Apsley House, London

George Washington[edit]

George Washington, marble, 1820, destroyed by fire, 1831

Engraving
Plaster replica
Marble copy

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Antonio Canova