Meet Cupid and Psyche

Adamo Tadolini was one of the best students of Antonio Canova in the early 1810s. The marble group Cupid and Psyche, hosted in Villa Carlotta, was carved by him in 1819, drawn from the original model by the Possagno master.

The taste of collecting: great patrons and artists on Lake Como

33 meters of Thorvaldsen

The high relief with the Entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, is one of the masterpieces of Villa Carlotta.

Meet Palamedes

Palamedes is one of the most famous masterpieces of Antonio Canova and it was the first work purchased by Sommariva form the famous artist.

Meet Terpsichore

“The Muse Terpsichore” by Antonio Canova (1757–1822) is the precious original plaster model made for the marble sculpture representing the muse of dance commissioned by Sommariva in 1811.

Flower Power

How do you have babies if you can’t walk? Ever wondered? It takes a special kind of power to do that, and flowers seem to be very good at it

Flowers are beautiful, they fill up our lives with their beauty, their perfumes, colours and shapes.