Antonio Canova
(1757-1822), Italian sculptor and painterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his delicate rendering of flesh in his marble sculptures. He studied at Venice and Rome, and came to be regarded as the founder of a new Neoclassicist school; his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture. Canova's best known works are the tombs of popes Clement XIII (1787-92) and XIV (1783-7), several statues of Napoleon, and one of his sister Princess Borghese reclining as Venus Victrix (1805-7).
by William Brockedon, probably after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil and chalk, 1823-1849
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by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Thomas Phillips
etching, (1816)
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by Henry Bone, after John Jackson
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, December 1820
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by William Henry Worthington, published by Septimus Prowett, after François Xavier Fabre
line engraving, published 1824
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by William Henry Worthington, after François Xavier Fabre
line engraving, circa 1824
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by William Henry Worthington, after François Xavier Fabre
line engraving, 1824 or before
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drawn by S. Levi Polacco, printed and published by Achille Paris, after Antonio Canova
line engraving, probably circa 1841
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by James Posselwhite, published by William Mackenzie, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mixed-method engraving, before 1884
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