Canova: Sketching in Clay

Antonio Canova, Adam and Eve Mourning the Dead Abel, c. 1818–1822, terracotta, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno, Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Detail of Adam and Eve Mourning the Dead Abel

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Detail of Adam and Eve Mourning the Dead Abel

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Antonio Canova, Study of a Boy, c. 1790–1800, terracotta, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno, Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Detail of Study of a Boy

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Detail of Study of a Boy

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Antonio Canova, Pope Clement XIV, 1783, painted terracotta, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno, Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Detail of Pope Clement XIV

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Antonio Canova, Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena, c. 1798–1799, terracotta, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno, Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Detail of Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena

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Detail of Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena

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Detail of Pyrrhus Sacrificing Polyxena

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Antonio Canova, Venus and Adonis, c. 1787, terracotta, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno, Photographed by Luigi Spina

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Detail of Venus and Adonis

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Detail of Venus and Adonis

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