Cherie's Place » Antonio Canova http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Chatsworth – The Lion Sculptures http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/09/01/chatsworth-the-lion-sculptures/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/09/01/chatsworth-the-lion-sculptures/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:51:06 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=4114 The 6th Duke collected sculptures, which were modern art at the time he collected them. Last year all his sculptures were returned from their various resting places around Chatsworth and placed back in their original positions within his commissioned top-lit sculpture gallery.

He was a compulsive collector of sculptures and during his visits to Italy he met some of the best artists of the time and befriended the famous sculptor Antonio Canova. These two lions are copies of sculptures that Canova had made for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII at St peter’s in Rome. Unusually Canova carved his own sculptures rather than employing teams of other carvers to work on the stone. *

Sleeping Lion

The Lion Awakes

*Information taken from Chatsworth guidebook 2010

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