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In this episode, we discuss one of the lesser-known acquaintances of Antonio Canova between the UK and Italy: Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish national who spent most of his adult life in Italy, working as a painter, dealer and archaeologist. Hamilton had a great influence on the young sculptor and became one of the leading figures in Canova’s circle in Rome.
By Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova5
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In this episode, we discuss one of the lesser-known acquaintances of Antonio Canova between the UK and Italy: Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish national who spent most of his adult life in Italy, working as a painter, dealer and archaeologist. Hamilton had a great influence on the young sculptor and became one of the leading figures in Canova’s circle in Rome.