Marble Canova Paolina

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Marble canova paolina.

1 november 1757 13 october 1822 was an italian neoclassical sculptor famous for his marble sculptures often regarded as the greatest of the neoclassical artists his sculpture was inspired by the baroque and the classical revival and has been characterised as having avoided the melodramatics of the former and the cold. Paolina was 25 when she decided to pose for canova. Museo gypsotheca antonio canova. This is the currently selected item.

Antonio canova italian pronunciation. The statue is a plaster cast used to make a marble statue of paolina bonaparte. The statue of paolina borghese is a marble sculpture made by antonio canova between 1805 and 1808. Canova was a revered sculptor who lived from 1757 1822 and was famous for his marble statues.

Pauline bonaparte as venus victrix or venus victorious is a semi nude life size reclining neo classical portrait sculpture by the italian sculptor antonio canova reviving the ancient roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch as most often seen in reclining portrayals of hermaphroditi it was. The damaged piece is the plaster model for canova s marble sculpture of paolina bonaparte. Widowed very young napoleon s sister paolina had in the wake of her brother s meteoric career made one of the noblest catches it was possible to make at the time. The work damaged was the original plaster cast model made in 1804 for the marble sculpture of paolina bonaparte housed at the galleria borghese in rome.

White marble 160 x 192 cm galleria borghese rome. The sculpture displayed in the northern italy museum is a plaster cast for the marble version paolina borghese as venus victrix. It portrays young paolina bonaparte sister of napoleon and wife of roman prince camillo borghese who commissioned the work. David the emperor napoleon in his study at the tuileries.

The museo antonio canova shared details of the incident on. Whose naked model was paolina borghese sister of. That piece named pauline bonaparte as venus victrix and sculpted from 1805 to 1808 is on display at. Soufflot the panthéon paris.

Not intended for public view was the full length figure of paolina borghese one of canova s most masterly sculptures.