Monument to Maria Christina of Austria

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The Monument to Maria Christina of Austria is a renowned neoclassical funerary sculpture by Antonio Canova, celebrated for its innovative pyramidal design and emotional allegorical figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funerary monument ⓘ
neoclassical sculpture ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
tomb monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassicism ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance considered one of Antonio Canova’s masterpieces ⓘ
important example of neoclassical funerary sculpture ⓘ
color white ⓘ
commissionedBy Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen ⓘ
completionDate 1805 ⓘ
conservationStatus well preserved ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
creator Antonio Canova ⓘ
dedicatedTo Maria Christina of Austria ⓘ
depicts Maria Christina of Austria, Duchess of Teschen ⓘ
genre funerary art ⓘ
hasInscription Latin dedication to Maria Christina of Austria ⓘ
hasPart allegorical figures ⓘ
doorway suggesting entrance to a tomb ⓘ
figure of Charity ⓘ
figure of Prudence ⓘ
figure of a Genius with a torch ⓘ
figure of a veiled woman leading a child ⓘ
funerary lion ⓘ
hasShape pyramidal form ⓘ
hasTheme death and immortality ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
height approximately 5.5 metres ⓘ
imageType three-dimensional sculpture ⓘ
inception 1798 ⓘ
influencedBy classical antiquity ⓘ
locatedInCity Vienna ⓘ
locatedInTheChurch Nave of the Augustinerkirche ⓘ
location Augustinerkirche, Vienna ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor emotional allegorical figures ⓘ
illusion of a real tomb entrance ⓘ
innovative pyramidal design ⓘ
period early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
subjectHasRole commemorates the wife of Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

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Antonio Canova → notableWork → Monument to Maria Christina of Austria ⓘ