Antonio Canova

Born

1757

Died

1822

Nationality

Italian

Primary Movement

Neoclassicism

Works in collection

25

Study for a Tomb

1790 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Cupid and Psyche

1794 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Venus and Cupid

1798 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Deposition

1800 · Art Institute of Chicago

Deposition

1800 · Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Medusa

1801 · Art Institute of Chicago

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

1804 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Head of Medusa

1806 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Bust of Napoleon

1808 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Bust of Paris

1809 · Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

1812 · Art Institute of Chicago

Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)

1816 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Theseus and Centaur, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

Charity, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Mary Magdalene Penitent, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

Theseus and Centaur, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

Venus, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1817 · Art Institute of Chicago

Reclining Naiad

1819 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Venus Italica

1822 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Paris

1822 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Hercules about to hurl Lichas into the sea

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

The Graces and Venus Dancing before Mars

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY