The most accomplished and celebrated sculptor of the Neoclassical era, Antonio Canova drew inspiration for his works from surviving sculptures of classical antiquity, particularly from the Roman Empire. In Canova's monumental marble statue of Napoleon at Apsley House (Wellington Museum, London), the emperor holds an orb surmounted by the gilt bronze figure of winged Victory. This statue and others were cast independently from the same mold as that one.

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DMA Label copy, 1993.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  Learn more about Antonio Canova from the Met.

• Musée du Louvre, Paris
  View another work by Canova at the Louvre, Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss.

• Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova, Possagno
  Learn more about the life and works of Canova from the Canova Museum.