Antonio Canova: Psyche Revived by the Kiss of Love (1789)
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The Vestal, Antonio Canova, ca. 1819-23
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Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)
Cupid and Psyche, 1794
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Antonio Canova - The Three Graces (1814)
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“What Napoleon criticised in the statue could perhaps be summed up in one thing: his uneasiness at the sight of his own nudity. And it was precisely his nudity that was felt to be problematic, even shocking. But how did Canova come to have the odd idea of representing Napoleon as a nude divinity?”
— Valérie Huet, Napoleon I: A New Augustus?
The nude statue of Napoleon in question:
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Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Antonio Canova
1793.
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Detail from 'Cupid Kisses Psyche', Antonio Canova, 1793
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treasures, paris xx
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Recumbent Magdalene
Sculpture by Antonio Canova
Marble, 1819-1822
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Cupid and Psyche (Antonio Canova), Cupid and Psyche (Domenico Cardelli), Mary Magdalene (Antonio Canova) | Hermitage Museum
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Antonio Canova: Monument to the Royal Stuarts (1819)
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Antonio CANOVA (1757 – 1822) - Tête de Calliope ou Portrait présumé de Marie-Louise de Habsbourg, Impératrice des Français en Calliope, ca. 1812
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Antonio Canova
Character Head, circa 1780
Terracotta
Via: Tomasso Art
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Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)
Hercule et Lichas, Marbre, 1815
Galerie nationale d'Art moderne et contemporain, Rome
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