Tomb of Antonio Canova

Tomb of Antonio Canova

Antonio Fabris

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canova's monument in the Church of Santa Maria dei Frari in Venice was executed in 1827 by his pupils after his unrealized project for the Tomb of Titian in that same church. Canova himself had adapted the project previously for the mausoleum of the Archduchess Christiana in Vienna.


European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.