This period is the triumph of Neoclassicism. The lightness of the 17 hundreds becomes more classical in form. The dream of ages past transforms figures in pure ideals. Human body represents justice, charity, tolerance, faith, love. A disruptive sensuality succeeds to the cheerful libertinism of the XVIII century.
Clesinger creates scandal in Paris art saloons packed of works and visitors. Wonderful Italian vanguards lean quietly in a big confusion of styles. Circulation of ideas in Europe is a firm conquest.
I am fascinated by the long lasting effect of neoclassicism in Europe and how it merges with other different inspirations. The sculptors adopt forms of the past in their work but with the aim to give the figures represented a new life and a new sensibility.
This period of sculpture in Europe might feel a bit confused, maybe it is just reflecting the build up before the revolutionary blast of 1848...
Clesinger creates scandal in Paris art saloons packed of works and visitors. Wonderful Italian vanguards lean quietly in a big confusion of styles. Circulation of ideas in Europe is a firm conquest.
I am fascinated by the long lasting effect of neoclassicism in Europe and how it merges with other different inspirations. The sculptors adopt forms of the past in their work but with the aim to give the figures represented a new life and a new sensibility.
This period of sculpture in Europe might feel a bit confused, maybe it is just reflecting the build up before the revolutionary blast of 1848...
- Jean-Marie Bonnassieu (1810-1892), La Modestie. Marbre (1846). Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Le grazie con Cupido. Marble, 1807-1819. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Le grazie con Cupido. Marble, 1807-1819. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Le tre grazie (Marble, 1812-1817). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Le tre grazie (Marble, 1812-1817). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Juliette Récamier (Beatrice). Plastre, 1813-1822. Possagno
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Pastorello (1823-1826, dal modello in gesso del 1817). Marmo. Manchester Art Gallery.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Pastorello (1823-1826, dal modello in gesso del 1817). Marmo. Manchester Art Gallery.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Pastorello (1823-1826, dal modello in gesso del 1817). Marmo. Manchester Art Gallery.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Pastorello (1823-1826, dal modello in gesso del 1817). Marmo. Manchester Art Gallery.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Amore e Psiche (eseguito nel 1861dal modello in gesso del 1817). Marmo. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Amore trionfante (1814-1822). Marmo. Vienna, Wien Museum.
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), The wine presser. Marble (1842-1844)
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), The wine presser. Marble (1842-1844)
- Giovanni Ceccarini (1790-1861), Canova sedente in atto di abbracciare l’erma fidiaca di Giove (1817-1820).
- Giovanni Ceccarini (1790-1861), Canova sedente in atto di abbracciare l’erma fidiaca di Giove (1817-1820).
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Venere (1817-1820). Marble. Leeds Art Gallery.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Venere (1817-1820). Marble. Leeds Art Gallery.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Venere (1817-1820). Marble. Leeds Art Gallery.
- Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1844), Cenotafio alla Contessa Anna Maria Porro Lambertenghi. Marble, 1818. Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1844), Cenotafio alla Contessa Anna Maria Porro Lambertenghi. Marble, 1818. Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM © Elena Clara Savino
- Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1844), Cenotafio alla Contessa Anna Maria Porro Lambertenghi (Marble 1818). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Vestalis (Marble bust post 1818). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Wilhelmine Benigna Byron duchessa di Sagan (1818) Marmo. Roma, Museo Napoleonico.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Wilhelmine Benigna Byron duchessa di Sagan (1818) Marmo. Roma, Museo Napoleonico.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Mercurio sul punto di uccidere Argo (1821-1829, dal modello del 1818). Marmo. Cracovia, Museum Narodowe.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Mercurio sul punto di uccidere Argo (1821-1829, dal modello del 1818). Marmo. Cracovia, Museum Narodowe.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Mercurio sul punto di uccidere Argo (1821-1829, dal modello del 1818). Marmo. Cracovia, Museum Narodowe.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Mercurio sul punto di uccidere Argo (1821-1829, dal modello del 1818). Marmo. Cracovia, Museum Narodowe.
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Busto colossale di Leopoldo Cicognara. Marble 1818-1822. New Haven Connecticut
- John Gibson (1790-1866), Sleeping shepard boy. Pastore dormiente (1831-1834 ca. dal modello del 1918). Marmo. Liverpool, National Museum Liverpool
- Jean Pierre Cortot (1787-1843), Pandora. Marble, 1819. Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Klemens von Metternich (1819) Marmo. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum. Exh. Canova Thorvaldsen, Milano, Gallerie d’Italia, Dec. 2019
- Camillo Pacetti (1758-1826), Ganimede stante con l’aquila di Giove (1819). Marmo. Cremona, Palazzo Bolzesi Mina
- Camillo Pacetti (1758-1826), Ganimede stante con l’aquila di Giove (1819). Marmo. Cremona, Palazzo Bolzesi Mina
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Ganimede (1819-1824). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Ganimede (1819-1824). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Ganimede (1819-1824). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Ganimede (1819-1824). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Rudolph Schadow (1786-1822). The Weaver. Marble (1820). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Rudolph Schadow (1786-1822). The Weaver. Marble (1820). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Rudolph Schadow (1786-1822). The Weaver. Marble (1820). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Gaetano Matteo Monti ( 1776-1847), Tersicore danzante o Danzatrice. Marmo, 1820. Cremona, Palazzo Bolzesi Mina
- Jean François Legendre-Héral (1796-1851), Leda. Marbre (1820-1830). Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Il giorno. Marmo, 1821. Brescia, Musei Civici di Arte e Storia
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), La notte. Marmo, 1821. Brescia, Musei Civici d’Arte e Storia
- Paul Lemoyne, named Lemoyne Saint Paul (1783-1873). La nymphe Echo (Marble 1821). Salon de 1822
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Nesso che rapisce Deianira (1821-183). Marmo. New York, The Metropolitan Museum.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Nesso che rapisce Deianira (1821-183). Marmo. New York, The Metropolitan Museum.
- James Pradier (1790-1852), A son of Niobe, later called Wounded Niobe (1922). Marble. Salon de 1822. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Giovanni Battista Sartori (1822 ca). Marmo
- Jean-Baptiste Vietty (1787-1842), La Nimphe de la Seine. Marble (1822-1827). Lyon, Musèe des Beaux Arts.
- Jean-Baptiste Vietty (1787-1842), La Nimphe de la Seine. Marble (1822-1827). Lyon, Musèe des Beaux Arts.
- Jean-Baptiste Roman (1792-1835), Nisus et Euryale (1822-1827). Marbre. Salon de 1827. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787-1843), Le soldat de Marathon annonçant la victoire. Marbre (1834). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fainted Psyche. Marble, before 1838 (from a model of 1823).
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fainted Psyche. Marble, before 1838.
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fauno in atto di suonare la tibia (1859, dal modello del 1823). Marmo. Palermo, Villa Tasca
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fauno in atto di suonare la tibia (1859, dal modello del 1823). Marmo. Palermo, Villa Tasca
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fauno in atto di suonare la tibia (1859, dal modello del 1823). Marmo. Palermo, Villa Tasca
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Fauno in atto di suonare la tibia (1859, dal modello del 1823). Marmo. Palermo, Villa Tasca
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Prometeo (Marble 1824-1827). Paris. Musée du Louvre
- Mathieu Kessels (1784-1836), Venere che esce dal bagno (1825-1829?). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Mathieu Kessels (1784-1836), Venere che esce dal bagno (1825-1829?). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- James Pradier (1790-1852), The three Graces. Marble (1829-1831). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- James Pradier (1790-1852), The three Graces. Marble (1829-1831). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Lemoyne Saint Paul dit Paul Lemoyne (1783-1873), L’espérance. Marbre (1826). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Lemoyne Saint Paul dit Paul Lemoyne (1783-1873), L’espérance. Marbre (1826). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Lemoyne Saint Paul dit Paul Lemoyne (1783-1873), L’espérance. Marbre (1826). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Maddalena Plaster (post 1826 – ante 1831). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Maddalena Plaster (post 1826 – ante 1831). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Maddalena Plaster (post 1826 – ante 1831). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Maddalena Plaster (post 1826 – ante 1831). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Maddalena Plaster (post 1826 – ante 1831). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Louis Petitot (1794-1862), Jeune chasseur blessé par un serpent. Marble (1824-1827). Salon de 1827. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Louis Petitot (1794-1862), Jeune chasseur blessé par un serpent. Marble (1824-1827). Salon de 1827. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Abel Dimier (1794-1864), Le tireur d’épines Marbre (1829). Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts
- John Gibson (1790-1866), Nymph untying her sandal. Plaster (1824-1830). London. Royal Academy of Arts
- George Rennie (1802-1860), Cupid kindling the torch of Himen. Marble (about 1831). London, Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A
- George Rennie (1802-1860), Cupid kindling the torch of Himen. Marble (about 1831). London, Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Horace Vernet. Marble, 1832-1833. Avignon, Musée Calvé
- Antoine Etex (1808-1888), Cain et sa race maudits de Dieu. Marbre (1832-1839). Salon de 1839. Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts
- Antoine Etex (1808-1888), Cain et sa race maudits de Dieu. Marbre (1832-1839). Salon de 1839. Lyon. Musèe des Beaux Arts © Elena Clara Savino
- Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787-1843), Le soldat de Marathon annonçant la victoire. Marbre (1834). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Satyre et Bacchante (Marble 1834), Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Denis Foyatier (1793-1863), La Siesta (Marble 1848). Répétition du marbre présénte au Salon de 1834. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Denis Foyatier (1793-1863), La Siesta (Marble 1848). Répétition du marbre présénte au Salon de 1834. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Denis Foyatier (1793-1863), La Siesta (Marble 1848). Répétition du marbre présénte au Salon de 1834. Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Pompeo Marchesi (1783-1858), Andrea Appiani. Bust, marble (1835). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017)
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). Fiducia in Dio. Trust in God. Marble (1836). Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). Fiducia in Dio. Trust in God. Marble (1836). Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). Fiducia in Dio. Trust in God. Marble (1836). Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). Fiducia in Dio. Trust in God. Marble (1836). Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Venus and Cupid. Marbre (1836). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
- Emil Wolff (1802-1879), Cupid with attributes of Hercules. Marble (1836). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Emil Wolff (1802-1879), Cupid with attributes of Hercules. Marble (1836). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage.
- Emil Wolff (1802-1879), Cupid with attributes of Hercules. Marble (1836). Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
- Edme Gois (1765-1836), Corinne (Marbre 1836). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Cincinnato Baruzzi (1796-1878), Eve tempted by the snake. Marble (1837). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Cincinnato Baruzzi (1796-1878), Eve tempted by the snake. Marble (1837). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), Maternal affection. Marble (1837). London, Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A
- Sir John Stell (1804-1891), Katherine Munro, Lady Stuart of Allanbank. Marble (about 1838). Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Flora (1838-1840) ). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Flora (1838-1840) ). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
- Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869), Flora (1838-1840) ). Marmo. Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), La Donati (Plaster 1838-45). Firenze, Galleria dell’Accademia
- François Jouffroy (1806-1882), Premier secret confié à Venus – First confidence to Venus (1839). Musée du Louvre
- François Jouffroy (1806-1882), Premier secret confié à Venus – First confidence to Venus (1839). Musée du Louvre
- François Jouffroy (1806-1882), Premier secret confié à Venus – First confidence to Venus (1839). Musée du Louvre
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), l’Inconsolabile Monumento funebre a Giovan Francesco Mastiani. Plaster (1840). Firenze, Galleria dell’Accademia
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Odalisque. Marbre (1841). Lyon, Musèe des Beaux Arts
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Odalisque. Marbre (1841). Lyon, Musèe des Beaux Arts
- James Pradier (1790-1852), Odalisque. Marbre (1841). Lyon, Musèe des Beaux Arts
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), Achille ferito. Achille wounded. Marble (1842). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), Achille ferito. Achille wounded. Marble (1842). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), Achille ferito. Achille wounded. Marble (1842). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1882), Achille ferito. Achille wounded. Marble (1842). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1881), Eve before the fall. Marble (1842).
- Innocenzo Fraccaroli (1805-1881), Eve before the fall. Marble (1842).
- Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850), Ninfe au scorpion (1843-1844). Paris, Musée du Louvre
- Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875), Ismaele abbandonato nel deserto (Marble 1844-1850). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875), Ismaele abbandonato nel deserto (Marble 1844-1850). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875), Ismaele abbandonato nel deserto (Marble 1844-1850). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Giovane danzatrice. Marmo, ante 1845. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Giovane danzatrice. Marmo, ante 1845. Copenaghen, Thorvaldsens Museum
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni (1809-1873), Cupid and Psiche. Marble (1845). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni (1809-1873), Cupid and Psiche. Marble (1845). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni (1809-1873), Cupid and Psiche. Marble (1845). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni (1809-1873), Cupid and Psiche. Marble (1845). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM (2017).
- Alessandro Puttinati (1801-1872), Masaniello. Marble (1846). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Vincenzo Vela (1820-1891), The morning prayer. Marble (1846).
- Vincenzo Vela (1820-1891), The morning prayer. Marble (1846).
- Vincenzo Vela (1820-1891), The morning prayer. Marble (1846).
- Giovanni Pandiani (1809-1879), Egle. Marble (1846). Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna. GAM
- Alessandro Puttinati (1801-1872), The bather. Marble (1846).
- Alessandro Puttinati (1801-1872), La bagnante. The bather. Marble (1846). Exhibition Hayez. Milano. Gallerie d’italia (2016). © Elena Clara Savino
- David d’Angers (1788-1856), Bust of Antoine de Saint-Just. Marbre (1848). Paris, Petit Palais
- Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), Femme piquée par un serpent. Marbre. Salon de 1847. Paris, Musée d’Orsay
- Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), Femme piquée par un serpent (Marbre, Salon de 1847). Paris, Musée d’Orsay











































































































































