Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

Antonio CanovaWW-1812-000701
1812·Plaster·90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm (35 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Wirt D. Walker Endowment and Decorative Arts Purchase Fund

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Year
1812
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm (35 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Artist

Antonio Canova
Antonio Canova

Sculpture

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 classical revival, and has been characterised as having avoided the melodramatics of the former, and the cold artificiality of the latter.

Rome

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Theseus and Centaur, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

Theseus and Centaur, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

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Venus, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

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1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

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Saint Mary Magdalene Penitent, from Oeuvre de Canova

Saint Mary Magdalene Penitent, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

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Funerary Monument of Prince William of Orange Nassau, from Oeuvre de Canova

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Year
1812
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm (35 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1812-000701

Source

Source
aic
Status
verified

Artist

Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova

Sculpture

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