Artworks · Antonio Canova

Reclining Naiad

1819 · Carrara marble

Overall (wt. confirmed): 35 × 75 × 32 1/2 in., 2558 lb. (88.9 × 190.5 × 82.6 cm, 1160.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ettore, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 62.5 × 39.7 cm (24 5/8 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ajax, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 60.5 × 41.2 cm (23 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ajax, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 62.4 × 42 cm (24 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

George Washington, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 45 × 32.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris Leaning on Tree Stump, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 57 × 40.7 cm (22 1/2 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Theseus and Centaur, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 58.5 × 55.4 cm (23 1/16 × 21 13/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris Leaning on Tree Stump, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 57.5 × 40.8 cm (22 11/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ettore, Side View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 64 × 40.5 cm (25 1/4 × 16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Funerary Monument of Prince William of Orange Nassau, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 44.2 × 27 cm (17 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris

1817 · Marble

Overall: 80 in. (203.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus Italica

1817 · Carrara marble

wt. confirmed: 69 in., 646 lb. (175.3 cm, 293 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Mary Magdalene Penitent, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 32.5 × 47 cm (12 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Theseus and Centaur, Front View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving and etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 58.2 × 55.6 cm (22 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venus, Back View, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 54 × 40.8 cm (21 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 85.8 × 62 cm (33 13/16 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charity, from Oeuvre de Canova

1817 · Engraving in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 55.2 × 42.3 cm (21 3/4 × 16 11/16 in.); Sheet: 86 × 62 cm (33 7/8 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Venus Italica

1817 · Carrara marble

wt. confirmed: 69 in., 646 lb. (175.3 cm, 293 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)

1816 · marble

Overall: 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm (69 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Naiad

1815 · marble

overall (approximate height and width): 80 x 190 cm (31 1/2 x 74 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Vestal

1814 · Marble

Height: 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Self-Portrait of the Sculptor Antonio Canova

1812 · Plaster

90.5 × 47.6 × 28.6 cm (35 5/8 × 18 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancer with Finger on Chin

1809 · marble

overall (approximate height): 177 cm (69 11/16 in.) weight, with attached base: 724 lbs

National Gallery of Art

Bust of Paris

1809 · Marble

69.9 × 30.8 × 28 cm (27 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 11 in.); With socle: 134.7 × 58.5 cm (53 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Medusa

1806 · Plaster cast, with modern metal rod

confirmed, height including metal attachment rod: 14 7/8 × 13 × 12 3/4 in. (37.8 × 33 × 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Napoleon

1803 · White marble (probably Carrara)

wt confirmed: 29 × 19 × 17 in., 265 lb. (73.7 × 48.3 × 43.2 cm, 120.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hercules about to hurl Lichas into the sea

1800 · Onyx

Overall: 2 3/16 x 1 11/16 in. (5.5 x 4.3 cm); 55.1 x 43.3 x 13 mm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Graces and Venus Dancing before Mars

1800 · Bronze

2 3/8 × 2 7/8 in. (6 × 7.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus and Cupid

1798 · Terracotta

Overall: 10 1/4 x 19 11/16 x 7 1/16 in. (26 x 50 x 17.9 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Medusa

1796 · Plaster

31 × 31.8 × 30.5 cm (12 1/4 × 12 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.); With socle: 116.3 × 53.4 × 49.6 cm (45 3/4 × 21 × 19 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cupid and Psyche

1794 · Plaster

Overall: 53 × 59 1/2 × 32 in. (134.6 × 151.1 × 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cupid and Psyche

1794 · Plaster

Overall: 53 × 59 1/2 × 32 in. (134.6 × 151.1 × 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Tomb

1785 · Graphite

Sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in. (18.6 x 25.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion.

1770 · Brush and black and gray wash, graphite and black chalk

Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (18.7 x 31.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

1765 · Pen and brown ink over graphite

sheet: 19 1/8 x 12 15/16 in. (48.6 x 32.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art