SCULPTOR

Antonio Canova

1757 - 1822

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Antonio Canova (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo kaˈnɔːva]; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Canova has received more than 900,232 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Antonio Canova is the 11th most popular sculptor, the 364th most popular biography from Italy (down from 360th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Sculptor.

Antonio Canova is most famous for his marble sculptures.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Antonio Canova ranks 11 out of 258. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, Polykleitos, Camille Claudel, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Alberto Giacometti, and Lysippos. After him are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Constantin Brâncuși, Giambologna, Scopas, and Henry Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, Antonio Canova ranks 4. Before him are Charles X of France, William Blake, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. After him are Jacques Hébert, Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Pierre Augereau, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Rigas Feraios, George Vancouver, and Erik Acharius. Among people deceased in 1822, Antonio Canova ranks 3. Before him are E. T. A. Hoffmann, and William Herschel. After him are Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Claude Louis Berthollet, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Paolo Ruffini, and René Just Haüy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Canova ranks 364 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Sixtus I (42), Roger II of Sicily (1095), Primo Levi (1919), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Claudio Abbado (1933), and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499). After him are Pope Gregory IV (790), Pope Victor III (1027), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Pope Sergius II (800), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), and Pope Anastasius III (890).

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Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Antonio Canova ranks 3. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini (1500), and Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378). After him are Nicola Pisano (1225), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Luca della Robbia (1399), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), and Andrea Sansovino (1467).

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