Marble Canova Paolina

White marble 160 x 192 cm galleria borghese rome.

Marble canova paolina.

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. It portrays young paolina bonaparte sister of napoleon and wife of roman prince camillo borghese who commissioned the work. Antonio canova italian pronunciation. 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.

The sculpture displayed in the northern italy museum is a plaster cast for the marble version paolina borghese as venus victrix. Paolina was 25 when she decided to pose for canova. That piece named pauline bonaparte as venus victrix and sculpted from 1805 to 1808 is on display at. Museo gypsotheca antonio canova.

Canova s majestic early 1800s marble statue version of paolina borghese bonaparte as venus victrix is on display in rome s galleria borghese. Soufflot the panthéon paris. 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 statue of paolina borghese is a marble sculpture made by antonio canova between 1805 and 1808.

David the emperor napoleon in his study at the tuileries. Canova was a revered sculptor who lived from 1757 1822 and was famous for his marble statues. The museo antonio canova shared details of the incident on. 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.

Vignon church of la madeleine. Canova paolina borghese as venus victorius. This is the currently selected item. Whose naked model was paolina borghese sister of.

The statue is a plaster cast used to make a marble statue of paolina bonaparte.