Portrait of sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822), François-Xavier Fabre, 1812

Canova is surrounded by the works he was working on in 1812: ajax, whose foot appears (milan, treves palace), and in the background, the model of the venus italica, a reinterpretation of the modest aphrodite known as the venus medici. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1812. Dimensions: height: 92 cm (36.2 in); width: 72.8 cm (28.6 in). Medium: oil on canvas mounted on wood. Depicted People: Antonio Canova. Collection: Fabre museum. PeinturesMuséeFabre059