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Artists›Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova

1757

SculptureNeoclassicismBaroque

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• Neoclassicism
• Baroque

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Antonio Canova worked in marble to create Neoclassical sculptures that synthesized Baroque sensibility with classical restraint, rejecting both the melodrama of Baroque excess and the sterile formalism of strict antiquarian revival. Born in the Republic of Venice in 1757, he became the defining sculptor of the Neoclassical movement, whose work balanced emotional depth with formal clarity. His marble figures are distinguished by their refined proportions, subtle modeling of surface, and a restrained elegance that conveyed psychological presence without theatrical gesture.

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Artworks (34)

Reclining Naiad

1819 · Carrara marble

Overall (wt. confirmed): 35 × 75 × 32 1/2 in., 2558 lb. (88.9 × 190.5 × 82.6 cm, 1160.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ettore, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 62.5 × 39.7 cm (24 5/8 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ajax, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 60.5 × 41.2 cm (23 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ajax, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 62.4 × 42 cm (24 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

George Washington, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 45 × 32.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris Leaning on Tree Stump, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 57 × 40.7 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Theseus and Centaur, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 58.5 × 55.4 cm (23 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris Leaning on Tree Stump, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 57.5 × 40.8 cm (22 11/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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