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Original works by Antonio Canova available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Canova Museum, Possagno, Italy
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
10 works by Canova
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Apollo Crowning Himself, 1781
Herm of a Vestal Virgin, 1820
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Leopoldine Esterházy, 1805-17 (Zoom)
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
3 portrait busts
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
2 sculptures
Antonio Canova at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, ca.1804-06 (Zoom)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History
2 works online
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Antonio Canova at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Winged Victory, ca.1803/06
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Fountain Nymph (Ninfa delle fontane), 1815-17
Dirce
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
115 works by or related to the artist
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Victory, ca.1813
Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy
The Muse Terpsichore
Galleria Borghese, Rome
Pauline Bonaparte
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (in Italian) 
Ercole e Lica
GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin
Sappho
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Ideal Head of a Woman
Museo Correr, Venice (in Italian)
Click on each of the room numbers for works by Canova
Museo Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (in Italian) NEW!
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Repentant Mary Magdalene
Palais Fesch Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio, France (in French)
Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
(Tip: On the zoom-in page, use the slider bar to magnify the image)
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Catalogue (in French)
Calliope, 1812
San Diego Museum of Art, California
Requires Flash: Click on "Artist Index", then on "C"
State Museums of Berlin
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Studio Esseci, Italy (in Italian)
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German) NEW!
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Pictures from Image Archives:
Antonio Canova in the Art Renewal Center
Antonio Canova at CGFA
Antonio Canova in the Web Gallery of Art
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (mostly in Italian)
AICT: Art Images for College Teaching
Pauline Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (detail)
Artyzm
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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Boston College Fine Arts Department
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project 
Mondo Mostre, Milan (in Italian)
Highlights from a 2007-2008 exhibition
PBase Photo Sharing
(Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Beloit College Department of Classics
Helen
Daniel Katz Ltd. European Sculpture, London, UK
Past notable sales: Canova's Sappho
Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
Kilidavid
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Antonio Canova 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes) NEW!
Time Magazine
"Fugues in Stone and Air", 1992 article by Robert Hughes
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Antonio Canova and the Politics of Patronage
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