CANOVA, ANTONIO, MARCHESE D'ISCHIA

Additional reading An excellent survey of Canova's art and life is David Finn and Fred Licht, Canova (1983). Three older Italian studies are Elena Bassi, Canova (1943) and La Gipsoteca di Possagno: Sculture e dipinti di Antonio Canova (1957); and Antonio Munoz, Antonio Canova: Le opere (1957). Isabella Albrizzi, The Works of Antonio Canova: In Sculpture and Modelling, 3 vol. (182428; originally published in Italian, 4 vol. in 2, 182124), is still useful. Major Works: Sculpture Eurydice (1773; Museo Civico Correr, Venice); Orpheus (1776; Museo Civico Correr); Daedalus and Icarus (1779; Museo Civico Correr); Apollo (1779; Accademia, Venice); Theseus and the Minotaur (178182; Victoria and Albert Museum, London); tomb of Clement XIV (178387; SS. Apostoli, Rome); tomb of Clement XIII (178792; St. Peter's, Rome); Cupid and Psyche (1792; Louvre, Paris); Monument to Angelo Emo (179295; Museo Storico Navale, Venice); Hercules and Lichas (model 1796, marble 1815; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome); Perseus with Medusa's Head (1801; Vatican, Belvedere, Rome); Pugilists (1802; Vatican, Belvedere); Napoleon As First Consul (1802; Gipsoteca Canoviana, Possagno, Italy); Monument to Vittorio Alfieri (180510; Sta. Croce, Florence); Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix (180507; Borghese Gallery, Rome); Dancing Girl with Her Hands on Her Hips (180610; Hermitage, St. Petersburg); Dancing Girl with Her Finger on Her Chin (180610; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome); Venus Italica (1812; Pitti Palace, Florence); The Three Graces (181316; Hermitage); Venus and Mars (181622; Buckingham Palace, London); Theseus and the Centaur (1819; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna); Endymion (181921; Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England).