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Venus Italica

Antonio Canova, 1822 – 1823
Venus Italica, Antonio Canova
Venus Italica, zoomed in
175.3 cmVenus Italica scale comparison

Venus Italica is a Neoclassical Marble Sculpture created by Antonio Canova from 1822 to 1823. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Venus, Sculpture and Contrapposto. SourceSee Venus Italica in the Kaleidoscope

Head of a Vestal Virgin, Antonio Canova

Head of a Vestal Virgin

1821 – 1822
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Antonio Canova

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

1787 – 1793
Reclining Naiad, Antonio Canova

Reclining Naiad

1819 – 1824
Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Bust of Dr. Dio Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis, 1868
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Antonio Canova

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

1787 – 1793
Imaginary Prisons: Title Plate, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Imaginary Prisons: Title Plate

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761
Forever Free, Mary Edmonia Lewis

Forever Free

Mary Edmonia Lewis, 1867
Pietà, Michelangelo

Pietà

Michelangelo, 1498 – 1499
Palomar, Gonzalo Fonseca

Palomar

Gonzalo Fonseca, 1975
Saturn Devouring one of his Children, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Saturn Devouring one of his Children

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1823
Rocky ravine in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Caspar David Friedrich

Rocky ravine in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1822 – 1823

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