San Marino 2022 Antonio Canova

    San Marino 2022 Antonio Canova
  • Product Code:San Marino 2022 Antonio Canova
  • SKU:500484
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  • 55.00€ 35.00€
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Antonio Canova

This coin is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the death of Antonio Canova.

Antonio Canova was an Italian sculptor and painter, considered the greatest exponent of Neoclassicism in sculpture. Canova had prestigious clients, from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons, from the papal court to Napoleon, up to the Venetian, Roman and Russian nobility. Among his most famous works are Amore e Psiche, Teseo sul Minotauro, Adonis and Venus, Ebe and Le tre Grazie.

The coin depicts the sculpture of the goddess Hebe, which Canova made between 1796 and 1817 in four copies now preserved in Berlin, Saint Petersburg, Chatsworth and Forlì.

Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - BU (Brilliant Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring

Circulation - 55'000 pcs.

Country of origin - San Marino
Year of release - 2022

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