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Antonio Canova

Italian · 1757–1822

An Italian Neoclassical sculptor whose cool, idealised marble figures made him the most celebrated sculptor in Europe during his lifetime.

MovementNNeoclassicism
Works9 in this atlas
BornPossagno
DiedVenice
Artworks
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Hercules and Lychas
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
1795
artwork
Venus Victrix
Galleria Borghese
c. 1804–1808
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Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Louvre
1794
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Standing Psyche and Love
Louvre
1797
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Theseus and the Minotaur
Victoria and Albert Museum
1781
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The Three Graces
Victoria and Albert Museum
1815–1817
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Theseus and the Centaur
Kunsthistorisches Museum
1805–1819
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Dancer
Bode-Museum
1809
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Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Apsley House
1806
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