A monument that was never completed, one of Britain’s most celebrated national heroes, and the creative process of one of the greatest sculptors of the Neoclassical period. Antonio Canova and his ambitious project to honor British…
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In Possagno (Treviso), the restorationof the *Amorino*—also known as *Prince Henryk Lubomirski*—was unveiled. This is one of the most significant and fragile plaster models preserved in the collection of the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova…
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Last Friday, May 29, the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno reopened theScarpa Wing to the public, at the end of a complex restoration project that began in June 2025. This concludes an important construction site that involved…
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Fundraising to support the restoration of the three red wax models on slate of the Funeral Monument to Horatio Nelson, works that still hold the living sign of Antonio Canova's ingenuity. These are extraordinarily valuable preparatory…
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The Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno, Treviso, Italy, presents a 2026 program full of exhibitions, restorations, educational activities and special projects, capable of addressing different audiences and promoting…
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Possagno, in the province of Treviso, is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Sartori (Crespano, 1775 - Possagno, 1858), half-brother and principal heir of the famous sculptor Antonio Canova, with…
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TheAmorino Lubomirski, one of the most significant plaster casts housed in the Gypsotheca in Possagno, made by Antonio Canova in 1785, will be restored thanks to the support of the Municipality of Treviso. The initiative stems from the…
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In Possagno, starting Sunday, December 1, 2024, visitors will once again be able to explore the entire Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum: in fact, the19th-century wing reopens in its entirety, returned after seven years of closure for…
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