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after Antonio Canova
Venus, model 1817/1820, carved c. 1822/1823
marble
overall: 175.26 x 50.8 x 45.72 cm (69 x 20 x 18 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

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Antonio Canova
Doge Paolo Renier, 1779
terracotta
overall: 80 x 54 x 22 cm (31 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Museo Bottacin – Musei Civici, Padua
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Character Head, c. 1780
terracotta
overall without base: 9 x 6.5 x 6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
overall with base: 15 x 7 x 6 cm (5 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Dino and Raffaello Tomasso

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Antonio Canova
Humility, 1783
terracotta
overall: 13 x 11 x 9 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Piety, 1783
terracotta
overall: 38.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm (15 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Private collection
Photographed by Prudence Cuming Fine Art Photography

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Antonio Canova
Pope Clement XIV, 1783
painted terracotta
overall: 45 x 40 x 24 cm (17 11/16 x 15 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Head of Religion, c. 1787–1788
plaster
overall: 115 x 108 x 45 cm (45 1/4 x 42 1/2 x 17 11/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Religion, c. 1786–1787
terracotta and wood
without cross: 53 x 35 x 26 cm (20 7/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
cross: 62 x 22 x 0.5 cm (24 7/16 x 8 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Galleria dell’Accademia Tadini, Lovere
© Fondazione Accademia di belle arti Tadini ONLUS, Archivio Fotografico, Photographed by Luigi Spina 2022

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Antonio Canova
Satyr and a Nymph (Cupid and Psyche?), c. 1786–1787
terracotta
overall: 16 x 29 x 14 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Venus and Adonis, c. 1787
terracotta
overall: 21.5 x 26 x 22 cm (8 7/16 x 10 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Study of a Boy, c. 1790–1800
terracotta
overall: 39 x 38 x 16 cm (15 3/8 x 14 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Monument to Titian, 1790/1795
terracotta
overall: 61 x 50 x 14 cm (24 x 19 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Monument to Titian, 1790/1795
terracotta
overall: 70 x 69 x 20.5 cm (27 9/16 x 27 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Penitent Magdalen, 1791
terracotta
overall: 15 x 13 x 14.5 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Musei Civici, Bassano del Grappa
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Head of the Penitent Magdalene, c. 1794–1809
plaster with pointing marks
overall: 45 x 40 x 41 cm (17 11/16 x 15 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Head of Medusa, c. 1797–1800
terracotta
overall: 31 x 36 x 30 cm (12 3/16 x 14 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena, c. 1798–1799
terracotta
overall: 28 x 15 x 14 cm (11 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena, c. 1798–1799
terracotta
overall: 28 x 16 x 16 cm (11 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Madame Mère (Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte), c. 1804–1805
terracotta
overall: 34.5 x 28 x 13.5 cm (13 9/16 x 11 x 5 5/16 in.)
Collection Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle and Heino/Wijhe

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Antonio Canova
Madame Mère (Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte), c. 1804–1805
terracotta
overall: 32 x 26 x 15.5 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Madame Mère (Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte), c. 1805
plaster
overall: 67 x 61 x 35 cm (26 3/8 x 24 x 13 3/4 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Madame Mère (Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte), 1805/1807
marble
overall: 147 x 146.3 x 77 cm (57 7/8 x 57 9/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth
© The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees/Bridgeman Images

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Antonio Canova
Princess Leopoldina von Esterházy, c. 1805–1806
terracotta
overall: 40.5 x 30 x 17 cm (15 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Princess Leopoldina von Esterházy, c. 1805–1806
terracotta
overall: 37.5 x 29 x 17 cm (14 3/4 x 11 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Allegory of Peace, c. 1811–1814
plaster
overall: 73 x 27 x 24 cm (28 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
The Three Graces, 1812
terracotta
overall: 36.2 x 16.5 x 14.7 cm (14 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)
Musei Civici, Bassano del Grappa
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
The Three Graces, 1812
terracotta
overall: 43 x 24.3 x 17 cm (16 15/16 x 9 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Bequest of Juliette Recamier, 1849
Image © Lyon MBA – Photo Martial Couderette

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Antonio Canova
Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry), c. 1814–1816
marble
overall: 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm (69 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1968.212

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Antonio Canova
Hebe, c. 1816
terracotta
overall: 51.5 x 27 x 21 cm (20 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Private collection, Courtesy of the Daniel Katz Gallery, London

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Antonio Canova
George Washington, c. 1817–1818
plaster
overall: 50 x 30 x 47 cm (19 11/16 x 11 13/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Immaculate Virgin, c. 1818–1822
terracotta
overall: 48 x 15 x 18 cm (18 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Antonio Canova
Adam and Eve Mourning the Dead Abel, c. 1818–1822
terracotta
overall: 22 x 30 x 18 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno
Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Canova: Sketching in Clay

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