Artist: Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in Venice, Antonio Canova adopted the popular Baroque and Rococo styles in his first works. These fashionable sculpture appealed to his first clientele, the Venetian nobility. While visiting Rome in 1779 and 1781, Canova began to admire the ancient Roman art and visited the studios of the restorers, Bartolomeo Cavaceppi and Francesco Antonio Franzoni. Canova’s statue, Apollo Crowning Himself came to define the Neoclassical movement. Canova was known as the greatest sculptor of his time and his reputation grew exponentially across Europe until his death in 1822.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Vincenzo Giaconi, Double portrait of Antonio Canova and Giovanni Martino dei Boni, 1796
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Rafaello Morghen, Theseus and the Slain Minotaur, after the sculpture of Antonio Canova, 18th - 19th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Allegory on the Life of Canova
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 19th century (between 1804-06) By Antonio Canova (Italian, born
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Antonio Canova - Terpsichore 1816 marble Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Herm of a Vestal Virgin
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Apollo Crowning Himself
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Antonio Canova - Venus Italica c. 1815-22 marble North Carolina Museum of Art Italian
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Antonio Canova - Idealized Head of a Woman c. 1817 marble Kimbell Art Museum Italian
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Pietro Bonato, Three Young Women, after Canova, 19th century
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Paul Adolphe Rajon , Portrait de Canova, 19th century
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Pietro Fontana, Woman at a Cradle with three Children, after Canova, 18 - 19th century
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Antonio Montauti, Antonio Magliabechi, 17th - 18th century
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Antonio Frasconi, See Again, Say Again by Antonio Frasconi (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1964]), 1964
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Antonio Tempesta, The Entry of Alexander into Babylon, after Antonio Tempesta, 16th - 17th century
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Antonio Tempesta, Roman Battle Scene, after Antonio Tempesta (?), 16th - 17th century
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Antonio Frasconi, A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi/Weyhe Gallery March 27 - April 30, 1954, 20th century
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Antonio Frasconi, The Snow and the Sun /La Nieve y el Sol, translated by Antonio Frasconi (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1961]), 1961
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Antonio Frasconi, See and Sayä, A Picture Book in Four Languages by Antonio Frasconi (New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1955]), 1955
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Francisco de Goya - Don Antonio Noriega 1801 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
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Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Hercules and Antaeus, after Giovanni Antonio da Brescia"s engraving after Mantegna, circa 18 - 19th century
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Federico Brandani - Antonio Galli n.d. bronze The Frick Collection Italian
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Antonio Visentini, Piazza San Marco, looking towards S. Geminiano; pl.11 from Part III of the series Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebriores Ex Antonio Canal..., 1735
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Antonio Frasconi, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi, catalogue cover for Smithsonian Institution Traveling Service 1953-1954, 20th century
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Ipolito Salazar, ILMO. Sr.Dr.JOS… ANTONIO ZUBIRIA,/ Obispo de Durango (Most Illustrious Sir and Doctor JosÈ Antonio Zubiria, Bishop of Durango, 19th century
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Antonio Frasconi, Alhambra VII, 1962
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Antonio Frasconi, Pablo (his son), 1950
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (young man), and fifth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (standing man), and second image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, The Victor, 1962
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Francisco de Goya - Don Juan Antonio Cuervo 1819 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Spanish
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (grasses), and first image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (young man), and fifth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (standing man), and second image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (Whitman as an old man), seventeenth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (grasses), and first image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (Whitman as an old man), seventeenth image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960
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Antonio Týpies, Number 22, 1962
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Antonio Frasconi, Untitled (bunch of flowers), and third image in the book A Whitman Portrait, Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ([New York: Spiral Press, 1960]), 1960

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture from Donatello to Canova to Canova
Earth and Fire has been organized by the MFAH and the Parnassus Foundation for exhibition exclusively in Houston and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This unprecedented exhibition documents for the first time the significance of terrac...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture From Donatello To Canova
A masterful control of material and a superb sense of artistry make Italian terracotta one of the most alluring and expressive art forms in history. The exhibition's great attraction lies in comparing models with finished works, demonstr...
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: The King over the Water: The Life of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart was a king without a throne: the uncrowned heir of King James VII and II. His birth in 1688 plunged Britain into crisis for it seemed inevitable that the infant Prince would be brought up a Roman Catholic and would wan...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Art of Rome in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Rome's civic and religious leaders commissioned exceptional artists from throughout Europe to construct and embellish churches, palaces, fountains, public ...
Canadian Center for Architecture: Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History
In addressing Scarpa’s ability to weave new work into – and often out of – the disparate fragments of the old, Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History moves beyond the focus on artisanry, detail, and material. ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Thais - 1200 anni di scultura italiana - Canova Antonio
Antonio Canova Online
ANTONIO CANOVA - Gipsoteca Possagno - Home Page
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antonio Canova
The Sculpture of Antonio Canova
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Antonio Canova (Getty Museum)
Antonio Canova - Art Images - Works and Biography - OCAIW
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