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[[File:Canova Self Portrait.jpg|right|160px|Antonio Canova]]

[[File:Canova Self Portrait.jpg|right|160px|Antonio Canova]]

'''Antonio Canova''' (Venice, 1757 - Venice, 1822) was an [[Italian]] [[sculptor]] and painter. He is best known for his sculpture of "Pauline Bonaparte", 1805 to 1808. Other works included the tombs of popes Clement XIV (1783 – 87) and Clement XIII (1787 – 92). ''Called "the supreme minister of beauty" and "a unique and truly divine man" by contemporaries, Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time.'' [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=361&page=1]

'''Antonio Canova''' (Venice, 1757 - Venice, 1822) was an [[Italian]] [[sculptor]] and painter. He is best known for his sculpture of "Pauline Bonaparte", 1805 to 1808. Other works included the tombs of popes Clement XIV (1783 – 87) and Clement XIII (1787 – 92). ''Called "the supreme minister of beauty" and "a unique and truly divine man" by contemporaries, Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time.'' [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=361&page=1]

[[Image:Canova Pauline Bonaparte.jpg]]

[[Image:Canova Pauline Bonaparte.jpg]]

Pauline Bonaparte (1805-1808) at Borghese Gallery.

Pauline Bonaparte (1805-1808) at Borghese Gallery.

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In 1802, by special request of [[Napoleon| Napoleon I]], he went to Paris and modelled a colossal figure of the emperor, holding a Victory in his hand (Apsley House, London). His "Bust of Napoleon" is in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03298b.htm]

In 1802, by special request of [[Napoleon| Napoleon I]], he went to Paris and modelled a colossal figure of the emperor, holding a Victory in his hand (Apsley House, London). His "Bust of Napoleon" is in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03298b.htm]