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Antonio Canova: Master of Neoclassical Sculpture

Explore Antonio Canova's iconic sculptures, including Cupid and Psyche, The Penitent Magdalene, and Theseus and the Centaur. Learn about his private and public commissions, and delve into the scandalous tale of Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix.

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Antonio Canova: Master of Neoclassical Sculpture

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  1. Antonio Canova: a Practitioner of Neoclassicism and Napoleon’s Favorite Sculptor

  2. Antonio Canova Cupid and Psyche1787-1793 marble

  3. Antonio Canova Cupid and Psyche1787-1793 marble Was this sculpture created for a public or private setting? How can you tell? Connect it to: DonatelloDavid (front view) c. 1430 bronze

  4. Antonio CanovaThe Penitent Magdalene1796marble, height 94 cmPalazzo Bianco, Genoa Was this sculpture created for a public or private setting?

  5. Antonio CanovaTheseus and the Centaur1804-19Marble, height 340 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Was this sculpture created for a public or private setting?

  6. Paulina Borghese as Venus Victrix 1804-08 white marble

  7. detail: Pauline Borghese as Venus 1804-08 white marble Not a shy woman, Napoleon's sister commissioned this sculpture of herself. She demanded to be represented as the goddess of love. Her husband, Prince Borghese, was the work’s official patron; he kept this sculpture hidden away in their villa in Rome. People were allowed to look at it only by torchlight (see Gardner, 853-854). This sculpture added to Pauline’s already fairly notorious reputation. The fact that everyone knew about the sculpture and few had seen it, only added to the sculpture’s fame. This is a work that represents an idealized vision of the female form, but Canova has also labored hard to represent the accompanying details of the couch and pillows with extraordinary naturalism.

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