Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Antonio Canova

Also known as: Antonio Canova; primary name: Canova, Antonio
Details: individual; sculptor/medallist; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1757-1822
Biography: Neo-classical sculptor. Trained Venice; living in Rome from 1781. 1797 to Vienna; 1802 in Paris and again in 1815.
Bibliography: 'Epistolario', ed. H. Honour & P. Mariuz, Roma 2003-7 'Scritti', ed. H. Honour & P. Mariuz Rome 2007 'Canova e l'incisione', ING Rome 1993 Hugh Honour, 'AC and his printmakers' in 'Print Quarterly' XII 1995 pp.253-74 Exhibition catalogue Bassano 2003 Plates are in the Calcografia in Rome, acquired in 1827

144 related objects

cinerary urn; human cremation

Museum number: 1840,0111.15 |
Cultures/periods: LatianProto-Etruscan |
Production date: 900BC-800BC |
Production place: Made in:Latium |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Alban Hills

drawing

Museum number: 1890,1013.12 |
Producer name: BIOG30969 Drawn by:Sir George Hayter |
Production date: 1792-1871

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3949 |
Producer name: BIOG20183 After:Giovanni Martino Boni |
Production date: 19thC

drawing

Museum number: 1969,0920.32 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1772-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1928,1110.28 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: 1928,1110.27 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1760

medal

Museum number: 1906,1103.1729 |
Producer name: BIOG108646 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:G Girometti |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.8728 |
Producer name: BIOG105009 Made by:Armand Auguste Caqué |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Made in:France

medal

Museum number: 1863,1114.32 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1997,1072.116 |
Producer name: BIOG135279 Workshop of:Hamerani |
Production date: 1790-1799 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

print

Title: Cav: Antonio Canova Celebre Scultore |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4083 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Martino BoniAfter:Giovanni Martino Boni |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Pietro Benvenuti |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1848,0930.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paolo ToschiAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3700 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro AnderloniIntermediary draughtsman:Pietro Anderloni |
Production date: 1813

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.268 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro AnderloniAfter:Giuseppe Bossi |
Production date: 1813

print

Title: Imperiale e reale Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1857,0411.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:S Levi PolaccoIntermediary draughtsman:S Levi Polacco |
Production date: 1841-1846

print; book-illustration

Title: Canova. |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1235 |
Producer name: BIOG42954 Print made by:Achille Réveil |
Production date: 1822-1851

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.269 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:François Xavier Fabre |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Antonio Canova, Marquis of Tichia |
Museum number: 1858,1009.342 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1815

print

Museum number: 1910,0610.172 |
Producer name: After:François Xavier FabrePrint made by:John Sanders |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2253 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonPublished by:Fisher, Son & Co |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Canova |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1236 |
Producer name: BIOG163451 Print made by:James Thompson |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.1036 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Mors Adonidis |
Museum number: 1873,1103.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Martino BoniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.380 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni FoloAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1764-1836 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Patrono Incomparabili |
Museum number: 1869,0410.900 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaIntermediary draughtsman:Domenico del Frate |
Production date: 1796

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.757 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaIntermediary draughtsman:Filippo Pistrucci |
Production date: 1810

print

Title: Pius VII. |
Museum number: 1865,0708.926 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MosesAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1837,0513.198 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:François Xavier Fabre |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1211 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Andrea Appiani |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1868,0328.803 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Andrea Appiani |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Damosseno |
Museum number: 1865,0708.888 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: Perseo trionfante |
Museum number: 1865,0708.894 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1813

print

Title: Canova |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon PradierAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1810s

print

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1843,0513.1132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio PerfettiPrint made by:Raphael Morghen |
Production date: 1805-1810

print

Museum number: 1858,1009.350 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1816

print

Title: Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1843,0513.809 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Pietro Benvenuti |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Parte opposta del sepolcro di Nelson |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2415 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco HayezAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1810-1818

print

Title: Effigie di Antonio Canova fatto appena morto ritrarre al naturale da Luigi Azimonti |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovita GaravagliaAfter:Carlo Prayer |
Production date: 1822-1835

print

Title: Marchese Antonio Canova |
Museum number: 1894,0531.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Rudolph Friedrich Suhrlandt |
Production date: 1811

print

Title: Canova's statue of Washington |
Museum number: 1874,0411.22 |
Producer name: BIOG21868 After:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815-1874

print

Title: Minerva Apollo |
Museum number: 1949,1008.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista BalestraAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1803-1842

print

Museum number: 1864,0813.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1820-1870

print

Museum number: 1865,0708.898 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Tognoli |
Production date: 1780-1837

print

Title: S M Maria Luigia Duchessa di Parma |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3800 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio DalcoAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1820-1847

print

Title: La Carità. Bassorilievo del Celebre Cav.re Canova |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1996 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco WagnerAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Gioacchino Napoleone, Re di Napoli |
Museum number: 1894,0122.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1808-1815

print

Title: Maria Luisa d'Asburgo come la Concordia |
Museum number: 1865,0708.873 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Tognoli |
Production date: 1817

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2141 |
Producer name: BIOG21868 After:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Eufrosine / Aglaia / Talia |
Museum number: 1865,0708.883 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1813

print

Museum number: 1865,0708.886 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1806

print

Title: Teseo vincitore de' centaruri |
Museum number: 1865,0520.505 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph SteinmüllerAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Venere Vincitrice |
Museum number: 1865,0708.877 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: Monumento sacro alla Contessa d'Haro figlia di S. E. il Sig. Marchese di Santa-Cruz... |
Museum number: 1949,1008.379 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CanovaPrint made by:Pietro Fontana |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: Napoleonis Mater |
Museum number: 1865,0708.872 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniIntermediary draughtsman:Luigi Durantini |
Production date: 1816

print

Museum number: 1851,1213.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nepomuk MuxelAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Danzatrice |
Museum number: 1865,0708.882 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Danzatrice |
Museum number: 1865,0708.880 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Danzatrice |
Museum number: 1865,0708.881 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Antonio Canova Das Neunzehnte Jahrhundert in Bildnissen |
Museum number: 1900,0515.32.15 |
Producer name: BIOG19350 Published by:Berlin Photographic Company |
Production date: 1898-1900 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Venere e Marte |
Museum number: 1865,0708.892 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Portrait de Canova |
Museum number: 1876,0708.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul RajonAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1873

print; visiting-card

Museum number: D,1.856-874 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrint made by:Seraphin Giovannini |
Production date: 1783-1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Canova |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1237 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1820-1880 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Venere vincitrice |
Museum number: 1983,U.2958 |
Producer name: Print made by:FusettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1852-1890 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Canova |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1599 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1827-1873 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Canova |
Museum number: 1874,0613.1547 |
Producer name: BIOG46476 Published by:George Smeeton |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hebe |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2080 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Napoleonis Mater |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2097 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1893,0803.123.1-11 |
Producer name: Published by:Francis MoserAfter:Richard Corbould |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1920,1211.1598 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Venere Vincitrice |
Museum number: 1865,0708.876 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: Ulisse spettatore della danza dei figlio di Alcinoo Re dei Feaci |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tommaso PiroliAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Museum number: 1865,0708.884 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Eufrosine / Aglaia / Talia |
Museum number: 1865,0708.885 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.1114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1787

print; book of prints

Title: Bassirilievi di Canova |
Museum number: 1875,0710.2703-2709 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tommaso PiroliAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Venere |
Museum number: 1865,0708.895 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: Hélène |
Museum number: 1920,0112.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:André VerreAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.1113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 1865,0708.896 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni FoloAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1811

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1811

print

Title: L'Educazione. Bassorilievo del Celebre Cav.re Canova |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1997 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco WagnerAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Title: Santa Maria Maddalena Penitente |
Museum number: 1865,0708.879 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: Venere di Canova |
Museum number: 1910,0610.97 |
Producer name: BIOG21868 After:Antonio Canova

print

Museum number: 1949,1008.381 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: Ant. Canova |
Museum number: 1865,0708.869 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Tognoli |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: Monumento della Reale Archiduchessa Christina a Vienna |
Museum number: 1865,0520.506 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CanovaPublished by:Artaria & Co

print

Title: Naiade |
Museum number: 1865,0708.874 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1816

print

Museum number: 1860,1013.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaetano ZanconAfter:Antonio Canova

print

Museum number: Mm,1.51 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CanovaIntermediary draughtsman:Stefano Tofanelli |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1948,0214.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1800

print

Museum number: 1844,0704.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.1035 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Educatio Bacchi |
Museum number: 1873,1103.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Martino BoniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.1037 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Printed in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1888,0716.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro FontanaIntermediary draughtsman:Luigi Agricola |
Production date: 1790-1821 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Teseo vincitore de' centaruri |
Museum number: 1865,0708.891 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro BonatoAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1812

print; visiting-card

Museum number: 1983,U.1571.a-s |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1775-1850

Free entry

Opening hours