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Canova Antonio

13 works documented in the Bruno Balestrini archive.

Cupid and Psyche, Canova Antonio18th c.
Cupid and Psyche
Canova Antonio — Possagno, Gipsoteca Canoviana
Terracotta Study, height cm 16, about 1787.
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Cupid and Psyche, Canova Antonio18th c.
Cupid and Psyche
Canova Antonio — Paris, Musée du Louvre
Marble, cm 155x168, 1792.
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Daedalus and Icarus, Canova Antonio18th c.
Daedalus and Icarus
Canova Antonio — Venice, Museo Correr
Marble group, detail, executed in 1778/79 for the procurator Pietro Vittor Pisani.
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Deposition, Canova Antonio19th c.
Deposition
Canova Antonio — Possagno, Gipsoteca Canoviana
Detail of the terracotta bozzetto, about 1815.
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Hebe, Canova Antonio19th c.
Hebe
Canova Antonio — Forlì, Pinacoteca Civica
Marble, height cm 175. This is the last version (of 1816) of a mythological subject (Hebe, cupbearer of the gods and personification of youth), treated several times by Canova.
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Penitent Magdalene, Canova Antonio19th c.
Penitent Magdalene
Canova Antonio — Genoa, Museo san Agostino
Marble, height cm 95, about 1810.
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Funerary Monument to Clement XIII, Canova Antonio18th c.
Funerary Monument to Clement XIII
Canova Antonio — Rome, Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Marble, detail, 1787/91. The figure of the youth leaning against the base of the monument is a symbolic representation of the sleep of death.
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Sleeping Nymph, Canova Antonio19th c.
Sleeping Nymph
Canova Antonio — London, Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble, length cm 190, about 1820. This work was commissioned by Lord Londonderry.
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Venus and Adonis, Canova Antonio18th c.
Venus and Adonis
Canova Antonio — Possagno, Gipsoteca Canoviana
Terracotta, height cm 30, about 1787.
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Venus Italica, Canova Antonio19th c.
Venus Italica
Canova Antonio — Florence, Galleria palatina di Palazzo Pitti
Marble, detail, 1812.
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Venus Italica, Canova Antonio19th c.
Venus Italica
Canova Antonio — Florence, Galleria palatina di Palazzo Pitti
Marble, height cm 178, 1812.
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Venus Victrix, Canova Antonio19th c.
Venus Victrix
Canova Antonio — Rome, Galleria Borghese
Marble, detail of the bust of Paolina Bonaparte, 1808.
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Venus Victrix, Canova Antonio19th c.
Venus Victrix
Canova Antonio — Rome, Galleria Borghese
Marble, length cm 185. Paolina Borghese, Napoleon's sister, is portrayed as Venus Victrix in this work of 1801.
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