In Venice, there are numerous examples of Canovian sculpture and painting:
At the Gallerie dell’Accademia you can admire a collection of plaster casts, portraits of famous people such as Napoleon Bonaparte, the Lions of the Funeral Monument to Clement XIII and the Pietà.
At the Correr Museum, there are the first works by Canova, who at the age of 17 opened his own atelier in Campo Santo Stefano.
Antonio Canova died in Venice on October 13, 1822. In the Basilica dei Frari in Venice there is the funeral monument to Canova, built by his students to guard the heart of the famous Venetian sculptor.
From our landing point in Fondamenta Nove you can easily reach the works of Antonio Canova: Map
