After Antonio Canova (Venetian 1757-1822), A bronze model of a recumbent lion, 19th century, modelled resting on an integral bronze plinth, 36cm long, 18cm wide (approximately) On his death in 1769 Pope Clement XIII was laid to rest in the Vatican, but Senator Abbondio Rezzonico (the nephew of the late pontiff) commissioned Canova to create a more fitting tomb for him in St Peter's. The work which includes Canova's lions in marble was completed in 1792, when the late pope's remains were removed to the new tomb.