At age thirteen, he began his studies under Torretto, and by age sixteen, he had produced his first major work: a statue of Eurydice for his patron, Giovanni Falieri.
At age thirteen, he began his studies under Torretto, and by age sixteen, he had produced his first major work: a statue of Eurydice for his patron, Giovanni Falieri. He also executed the statue groups Daedalus and Icarus and Theseus and the Minotaur before being chosen to work at St. Peter's Basillica for the tomb of Innocent XIII, whose entrance is guarded by a pair of lions he sculpted. In 1802, he was summoned to Paris, where created a giant nude statue of Napoleon as Mars. FTP, name this neoclassicist who also sculpted Paulina Borghese as Venus.
At age thirteen, he began his studies under Torretto, and by age sixteen, he had produced his first major work: a statue of Eurydice for his patron, Giovanni Falieri.
Antonio {Canova}