Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)

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Orphans.

Italian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842.

Twenty portraits of famous men. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Disegni anatomici / di Antonio Canova ; [a cura di] Massimo Pantaleoni.

Damoxenus. Photographic postcard after Antonio Canova, 193-.

Creugas. Photographic postcard after A. Canova, 191-.

Theseus fighting a centaur. Engraving by Steinmiller after A. Canova.

Saint John the Baptist as a child, seated, holding a cross. Engraving by B. Consorti after G. Tognoli after A. Canova, 1817.

An ideal mourning head for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. Engraving by P. Fontana after F. Cecchi after A. Canova.

God creates the sun, moon and earth. Etching by H. Moses after A. Canova.

Mars [Ares] and Venus [Aphrodite]. Engraving by D. Marchetti after G. Tognoli after A. Canova.

Damoxenus. Process print after A. Canova, 191-.

God creates man, his hand inspiring life into the head of Adam. Etching by H. Moses after A. Canova.

A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

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Antonio Canova

Images from the collections

Images by Antonio Canova

Images featuring Antonio Canova

Works from the collections

God creates the sun, moon and earth. Etching by H. Moses after A. Canova.

A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

Theseus fighting a centaur. Engraving by Steinmiller after A. Canova.

An ideal mourning head for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. Engraving by P. Fontana after F. Cecchi after A. Canova.

Frequent collaborators

Antonio Canova

Images from the collections

Images by Antonio Canova

Images featuring Antonio Canova

Works from the collections

God creates the sun, moon and earth. Etching by H. Moses after A. Canova.

A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.

Theseus fighting a centaur. Engraving by Steinmiller after A. Canova.

An ideal mourning head for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. Engraving by P. Fontana after F. Cecchi after A. Canova.

Frequent collaborators

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