Antonio CanovaItalie, 1757–1822Napoleon I.
Peut-on la contempler ?
Inconnu
Skulpturensammlung
Dresde, Allemagne
Le propriétaire est connu ; on ignore si l’œuvre est exposée aujourd’hui.
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Pendant ce temps, chez Antonio Canova
La vie entière1790s
Declines Catherine the Great’s invitation
News of Canova’s work reached Russia, and Empress Catherine II tried to summon the sculptor to her court; he politely declined the honourable invitation and, in thanks, made a second version of “Cupid and Psyche”, now in the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
1800
The most celebrated artist in Europe
By 1800 Canova was the most celebrated artist in Europe. He promoted his reputation systematically — publishing engravings of his works and having marble versions of his plaster casts made in his workshop — and acquired patrons across Europe, from France, England, Russia, Austria and Holland, including members of several royal lineages.
5 January 1800 · Carrière
the Academy of St Luke
On 5 January 1800, overcoming the usual jealousy of his colleagues, Canova was appointed a member of the Roman Academy of St Luke.
1802
Summoned to Paris to sculpt Napoleon’s bust
Napoleon wanted a portrait by Canova, and in 1802 (by other accounts, already on 6 October 1801) the sculptor was summoned to France; he became one of the official artists of the Empire. Yet, deeply grieved by the removal of works of art to France, he returned to Italy in protest, despite Napoleon’s insistent demands that he stay in Paris for good.
1802
Inspector-General of Fine Arts of the Papal State
