Drapes on the statues

It is thanks to the extreme passion and patience with which grandfather Pasino Canova taught the delicate art of sculpture to little Antonio, that he discovered a talent with very few equals in the world and in history.

Trained in the late 1700s in the Torretti sculpture studio near Possagno, he managed, thanks to the skill and care of the family of sculptors who educated him, to make his entrance into the Venetian aristocratic environment. There he was able to demonstrate his peculiar craftsmanship to curious and highly specialized eyes.

The Academy in Venice gave him the last tools to perfect his hand, and allowed him to give life to his own workshop, from which his first, admirable works came out.

Today we admire the perfection of Canova's chisel in the dozens of bodies and faces and hands and limbs that enrich the Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum. We scrutinize those eyes curiously, convinced that they will soon respond to our gaze, as soon as we are distracted we will turn around and it will be too late.

Lions, monsters, young nymphs, and even illustrious wives sit quietly in their places in the large bright rooms, waiting in silence for a traveler who wants to question them.

So here we are, let's explore the white tapered fingers and the compound curled hair, once we arrive with our Palladian E-Bike in Possagno, Antonio Canova's treasure.

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