Antonio Canova: A Life Sculpted in Marble Antonio Canova, a name synonymous with the pinnacle of Neoclassical sculpture, remains an enduring figure in Western art history. Born in 1757 in Possagno, Italy – a small village nestled amongst the rolling hills near Venice – his life was inextricably linked to stone and the echoes of ancient Greece and Rome. From his earliest years, immersed in the family’s stonemasonry business, Canova dem…