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ANTONIO CANOVA
(1757 - 1822)
SCULPTOR
 
 
Registered
First Day Cover, postmarked Possagno, Treviso, Italy, 15 July 1957,
backstamped
Soissons, Aisne, France, 18 July 1957.
When
Canova was thirteen, Senator Falier of Venice became his patron and financed
his
training
in sculpting. Falier's son became Canova's intimate friend for life.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983
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