Antonio Canova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Canova

Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1757

Place of Birth: Possagno, Veneto, Italy

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1822

Profession: architect, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [an't??njo ka'n??va]; 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 artificiality of the latter.



Description	Italian sculptor and architect
Date of birth/death	1 November 1757	13 October 1822
Location of birth/death	Possagno (near Bassano)	Venice
Work location	Rome
Authority control	: Q5547 VIAF: 36965536 ISNI: 0000 0001 2100 6717 ULAN: 500115339 LCCN: n79008257 NLA: 35685842 WorldCat