About the Artist
Antonio Canova
Born: Possagno, 1 November 1757
Died: Venice, 13 October 1822
Nationality: Italian
Endymion
Antonio Canova, 1819-22
Collection
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth
Similar works by other artists
Nicolas Poussin, Selene and Endymion, 1630 (Detroit Institute of Art)
Sebastiano Ricci, Selene and Endymion, 1713 (Chiswick House, London)
Nicolas-Guy Brenet, Sleeping Endymion, 1756 (Worcester Art Museum)
Johan Tobias Sergel (Swedish, 1740-1814), Faun, 1769 (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm). Canova knew Sergel; both works were executed in Rome.
Anne-Louis Giordet, Sleep of Endymion, 1791
John Wood, Sleep of Endymion, 1832 (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London)
John Frederic Watts, Endymion, 1872
John Poynter, The Vision of Endymion, 1902 (Manchester Art Gallery)
Images
This is a plaster cast of the Barberini Faun, which inspired Canova when he was conceiving Endymion.
