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Funerary Monument to Maria Christina of Austria

Antonio Canova1798/1805

Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova

Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova
Possagno, Italy

In August 1798, Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen commissioned a monument to honor his wife, Archduchess Maria Cristina of Austria, who died a few months earlier. The great novelty of the creation lies in the choice of the pyramid shape given to the tomb: the idea reworked an old project, never realized, for a monument to Titian to be raised in the church of the Frari in Venice, of which some models in terracotta remain.

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  • Title: Funerary Monument to Maria Christina of Austria
  • Creator: Antonio Canova
  • Date: 1800
  • Date Created: 1798/1805
  • Medium: plaster
Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova

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