Modern Sculpture
19th and 20th centuries: from Canova to Marino Marini, Italian sculpture between Neoclassicism and the avant-gardes. 146 works documented in this section.
Antigrazioso, portrait of his mother
Description: Plaster, cm 58. One of the few surviving examples of the Futurist sculptures made by the artist in 1912-1913.
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Development of a Bottle in Space
Bronze, height cm 38, 1912. Four casts of this work exist; this bronze was cast in 1935 from the original plaster.
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Rhythmic Freedom
Description: Polished bronze and black sulphate, height cm 80, 1963.
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Daedalus and Icarus
Marble group, detail, executed in 1778/79 for the procurator Pietro Vittor Pisani.
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Funerary Monument to Clement XIII
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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Venus Victrix
Marble, length cm 185. Paolina Borghese, Napoleon's sister, is portrayed as Venus Victrix in this work of 1801.
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Hebe
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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Sleeping Nymph
Marble, length cm 190, about 1820. This work was commissioned by Lord Londonderry.
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The Three Graces
Marble, height cm 130, 1821. Bas-relief, detail of the funerary monument to Andrea Appiani.
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The Preliminaries of Peace
Bronze, detail of the base of the monument to Emanuele Filiberto, 1838.
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The Battle of St. Quentin
Bronze. Detail of the base of the monument to Emanuele Filiberto, 1838.
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The Golden Age
Wax, height cm 43, 1886; this work portrays the artist's wife and son.
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Bookmaker
Wax, height cm 44, 1894. The work is also known as “L'uomo delle Corse” (The Racegoer) and “Lo Sportivo” (The Sportsman).
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