
Antonio Canova
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 202 years ago |
Date of birth | November 1,1757 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Possagno |
Italy | |
Date of died | October 13,1822 |
Died | Venice |
Italy | |
Periods | Neoclassicism |
Buried | Basilica dei Frari, Venice, Italy |
Structures | Tempio Canoviano |
Shrine of Beata Vergine of Covolo | |
Job | Sculptor |
Books | Elgin Marbles: Letter from the Chevalier Antonio Canova on the Sculptures in the British Museum and Two Memoirs Read to the Royal Institute of France |
A Letter from the Chevalier Antonio Canova, And, Two Memoirs Read to the Royal Institute of France on the Sculptures in the Collection of the Earl of Elgin | |
Napoleon and Canova | |
Venetian Villas | |
The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling; Volume 2 | |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Neoclassicism |
Parents | Angela Zardo |
Pietro Canova | |
On view | Museo Correr |
State Hermitage Museum | |
Modern Art Gallery | |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
Siblings | Giovanni Battista Sartori |
Giambattista Sartori | |
Works | Venus Victrix |
The Three Graces | |
Venus Italica | |
Dedalus and Icarus | |
Daedalus and Icarus | |
Place of burial | Temple of Canova, Possagno, Italy |
Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy | |
Period by artworks | Neoclassicism |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 502941 |
Antonio Canova Life story
Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the ...