Garden Statuary: After Canova: A pair of carved marble reclining lions late 19th/early 20th century 40cm.; 16ins high by 85cm.; 33½ins long Antonio Canova 1757 -1822 was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style^ his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture. Among Canovas English pupils were sculptors Sir Richard Westmacott and John Gibson These lions are copies of the crouching lions carved in 1792 for the Monumental tomb of the Pope Clemente XIII in the Vatican^ Rome.
Garden Statuary: After Canova: A pair of carved marble reclining lions late 19th/early 20th century 40cm.; 16ins high by 85cm.; 33½ins long Antonio Canova 1757 -1822 was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style^ his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture. Among Canovas English pupils were sculptors Sir Richard Westmacott and John Gibson These lions are copies of the crouching lions carved in 1792 for the Monumental tomb of the Pope Clemente XIII in the Vatican^ Rome.
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