Paolina was 25 when she decided to pose for canova.
Marble canova paolina.
Museo gypsotheca antonio canova.
That piece named pauline bonaparte as venus victrix and sculpted from 1805 to 1808 is on display at.
At the time she was an extremely social creature both popular and.
It portrays young paolina bonaparte sister of napoleon and wife of roman prince camillo borghese who commissioned the work.
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.
Canova paolina borghese as venus victorius.
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.
White marble 160 x 192 cm galleria borghese rome.
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 damaged piece is the plaster model for canova s marble sculpture of paolina bonaparte.
David the emperor napoleon in his study at the tuileries.
Canova s majestic early 1800s marble statue version of paolina borghese bonaparte as venus victrix is on display in rome s galleria borghese.
The museo antonio canova shared details of the incident on.
Not intended for public view was the full length figure of paolina borghese one of canova s most masterly sculptures.
The sculpture displayed in the northern italy museum is a plaster cast for the marble version paolina borghese as venus victrix.
This is the currently selected item.
Whose naked model was paolina borghese sister of.
Soufflot the panthéon paris.
Canova was a revered sculptor who lived from 1757 1822 and was famous for his marble statues.
The statue is a plaster cast used to make a marble statue of paolina bonaparte.
The statue of paolina borghese is a marble sculpture made by antonio canova between 1805 and 1808.