Canova Lions | |
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Artist | Antonio Canova |
Year | 1792 (1792) |
Medium | Bronze |
Subject | Lions |
Location | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°53′45.2″N 77°2′22.5″W / 38.895889°N 77.039583°W / 38.895889; -77.039583 |
The Canova Lions, located in front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., are copies of a pair of lions sculpted by Antonio Canova in 1792 for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII[1] in St Peter's in Rome. The originals were sculpted from marble; these were cast in bronze from molds of the originals. The pieces were installed in 1860.[2][3]