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Antonio Canova
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1 November 1757
- Died
- 13 October 1822
- Place of birth
- Possagno
- Place of death
- Venice
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- Canova
- Sibling
- Giovanni Battista Sartori
- Movement
- Neoclassicism
- Genre
- figurative art, nude, art of sculpture, allegory, figure, mythological painting, portrait, religious art, animal art
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Occupation
- sculptor, architect, painter, draftsperson
- Citizenship
- Republic of Venice
- artist files at
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- depicted by
- Self-portrait, Statue of Antonio Canova, Self-portrait, Self-portrait
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Galleria dei Letterati ed Artisti illustri delle Provincie Veneziane nel secolo decimottavo, Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, Meyers Conversations-Lexicon, Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Drobné povídky dějepisné
- educated at
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
- ethnic group
- Italians
- has works in the collection
- Belvedere, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gipsoteca canoviana
- influenced by
- Phidias
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Italian
- member of
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Accademia di San Luca, Académie des beaux-arts, Accademia Tiberina
- name in native language
- Antonio Canova
- noble title
- margrave
- notable work
- The Three Graces, Venus Victrix, Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Hercules and Lychas, George Washington, Apollo, Bust of Francis I, Bust of Francis I, Bust of Napoleon, Theseus defeating the Centaur, Creugas, Dance of the Children of Alcinous
- place of burial
- Tempio Canoviano
- student of
- Giuseppe Bernardi, Giovanni Ferrari
- topic's main category
- Category:Antonio Canova
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