The Works of Antonio Canova - v. 3 Author:Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MEDALS STRUCK IN HONOUR OF ANTONIO CANOVA. 1st. This medal, engraved by Gazzini, was decreed to Canova by the Venetian senate, as a mark of their approbation... more » of the monument, executed by him in memory of their celebrated Admiral, Angelo Emo; on one side is represented the monument of Emo, and on the other an appropriate inscription. 2nd. A medal, also executed by Gazzini at the charge of the Chevalier Girolamo Zulian, on the occasion of his being presented by Canova with the statue of Psyche, hold- in her hand the butterfly ; the obverse presents the head of Canova, the reverse the statue above-mentioned. 3rd. A medal, the work of Putinati, struck at Milan, in honour of Canova, as the most distinguished ornament of his age in the arts; on one side is the profile of the sculptor, on the other the winged cap of Mercury, and the head of Minerva, encircled by a serpent, symbol of his immortal fame. 4th. A medallion, engraved by Salvatore Passamonti, on occasion of the recovery from the French, of the works of ancient art taken from the Roman Museums. This memorial of that glorious event, in which Canova acted so important a part, presents on the obverse his features, and on the reverse the Apollo di Belvedere—one of the recovered works. 5th. Another medallion, by the same artist, in honour of Canova's famous colossal group of the furious Hercules hurling Lychas into the sea; one side presents the portrait of the sculptor, the other the group above-mentioned. 16 MEDALS STRUCK IN HONOUR OF ANTONIO CANOVA. 6th. A medal, by Putinati, voted by the Athenaeum of Treviso, on the occasion of the placing there of the bust of Canova; it consists of the head of Canova, and an appropriate inscription. 7th. A medal, engraved by Girometti, to gratify the desire which prevailed ...« less