Venus Italica

1816 · Bust

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Sculpturenverzameling

Dresden, Duitsland

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Ongewijzigd sinds: 27 sep 2026
Bron: Het museum

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Gegevens

Wat het toont

Allegory Bust Vrouw Venus

In de catalogus

Beeldhouwkunst Neoclassicisme Romantiek 19e eeuw

Bronnen

Sculpturenverzameling
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In het leven van Antonio Canova

Het hele leven

1791–1818
Honorary member of many academies in Europe and America
Canova was elected an honorary member of many academies: Florence (1791), Stockholm (1796), Verona (1803), Venice (1804), Siena (1805), Lucca (1806), St Petersburg (1804), Geneva (1804), Denmark (1805), Graz (1812), Marseille (1813), Monaco (1814), New York (1817), Antwerp and Vilnius (1818), and also Philadelphia.
1815
Mission to Paris: bringing back the looted masterpieces
In 1815 Pope Pius VII named Canova his Minister Plenipotentiary and tasked him with recovering works of art that Napoleon had taken to Paris. At the Louvre he met resistance from its director Vivant Denon and, because of the works’ size or unclear whereabouts, was forced to leave major pieces behind, among them Veronese’s “The Wedding at Cana”.
1815
London: Haydon and the Elgin Marbles
In 1815 Canova visited London and met Benjamin Haydon; it was on Canova’s advice that the British Museum acquired the Elgin Marbles, with plaster copies sent to Florence at his request.
1815
The original of “Mars the Peacemaker” goes to Wellington
In 1815 the original statue of Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker went to the Duke of Wellington, who had defeated the Emperor at Waterloo.
1816
Marquis of Ischia and the “Golden Book”
Returning to Rome in 1816 with some of the art Napoleon had taken, Canova was rewarded by the Pope with the title of Marquis of Ischia, inscription in the “Golden Book of Roman Nobles” (the Pope entered his name with his own hands) and an annual pension of 3,000 crowns.
1816
First president of the Pontifical Roman Archaeological Academy
In 1816 Canova was appointed the first president of the newly founded Pontifical Roman Archaeological Academy.