From 8 December to 29 September 2024
«Canova's sculptures are not frozen as in marble, but still warm in life» (Vittorio Sgarbi).
On display are 30 masterpieces by Antonio Canova, including sculptures and paintings, from the Antonio Canova Gypsotheca Museum in Possagno and from prestigious public and private collections.
An evocative journey towards the continuous search for beauty and its ideals, with over 100 works, starting from Canova - universal icon of the new classicism - and from the most famous international exponents such as Francisco Goya and Francesco Hayez, up to the Lucca and Tuscan masters of same current, such as Pompeo Batoni, Bernardino Nocchi, Stefano Tofanelli.
Piazzale Verdi, Lucca, Italy
Opening hours
| opens - closes | last entry | |
| monday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| tuesday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| wednesday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| thursday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| friday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| saturday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
| sunday | 10:00 - 20:00 | 18:45 |
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