 Antonio Canova studied at the academy in the 1770s.In 1807, the academy was re-founded by Napoleonic decree.The name was changed from Veneta Academia di Pittura, Scultura e Architettura to Accademia Reale di Belle Arti, "royal academy of fine arts", and the academy was moved to premises in the Palladian complex of the Scuola della Carità.