Antonio Canova

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Long ago in Italy, there lived a child named Antonio Canova.

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Há muito tempo na Itália, vivia uma criança chamada Antonio Canova.

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His father had died, so Antonio lived with his grandfather, a poor stonecutter.

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Seu pai tinha morrido, então Antonio vivia com seu avô, um pobre cortador de pedras.

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Antonio was too small to work,

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Antonio era pequeno demais para trabalhar,

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but he loved to go with his grandfather to the stone-yard.

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mas ele amava ir com seu avô ao depósito de pedras.

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While the old man cut the large, unwieldy blocks of stone,

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Enquanto o velho homem cortava os blocos grandes e desajeitados de pedra,

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the boy played among the chips,

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o menino brincava em meio às lascas,

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sculpting little figures from soft clay or smaller rocks.

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esculpindo pequenas formas/estátuas de argila macia ou rochas menores.

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Antonio’s skill surprised his grandfather.

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A habilidade de Antonio surpreendeu seu avô.

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“The boy will be a sculptor some day,” he said.

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“O menino será um escultor algum dia”, ele disse.

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Every night when they got home,

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Toda noite quando eles chegavam em casa,

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Antonio’s grandmother would say,

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A avó de Antonio dizia,

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“What have you been doing today, my little sculptor?”

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“O que você tem feito hoje, meu pequeno escultor?”

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She would take him upon her lap

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Ela o colocava em seu colo

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and tell him stories that filled his mind with pictures of beautiful things.

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e o contava histórias que preenchiam sua mente com imagens de coisas lindas.

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The next day, he would try to make some of those pictures in stone or clay.

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No dia seguinte, ele tentava fazer algumas daquelas imagens em pedra ou argila.

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A rich man named The Count also lived in the same town.

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Um homem rico chamado o Conde também vivia na mesma cidade.

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Sometimes The Count threw grand dinners

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Às vezes o Conde dava grandes jantares

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for his wealthy friends from other towns.

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para seus amigos ricos de outras cidades.

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Antonio’s grandfather would go to The Count’s house

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O avô de Antonio ia à casa do Conde

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to help with the kitchen work.

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para ajudar com o trabalho da cozinha.

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He was a fine cook as he was a stonecutter.

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Ele era um bom cozinheiro assim como era cortador de pedras.

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One day, Antonio went with his grandfather to The Count’s estate.

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Um dia, Antonio foi com seu avô à propriedade do Conde.

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The boy could not cook or wait on the grand table,

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O garoto não podia/conseguia cozinhar ou atender à grande mesa,

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but he could help clean up.

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mas ele podia ajudar a limpar.

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As workers set the grand table,

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Conforme os serviçais preparavam a grande mesa,

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there was a crash in the dining room.

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houve um estrondo na sala de jantar.

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A man, pale and afraid, came quickly into the kitchen holding stone fragments.

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Um homem, pálido e amedrontado, entrou rapidamente na cozinha segurando fragmentos de pedras.

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"What should I do?" he cried.

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"O que eu devo fazer?" ele gritou.

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"I broke the centerpiece statue.

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"Eu quebrei a estátua central.

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The grand table will look bare without it,

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A grande mesa vai parecer vazia sem ela,

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and The Count will be angry."

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e o Conde ficará irritado."

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The staff trembled.

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A equipe estremeceu.

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Was the dinner going to be a failure?

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Seria o jantar um fracasso?

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Would they all be punished?

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Seriam todos eles punidos?

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Everything depended on having the grand table perfectly set.

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Tudo dependia de ter a grande mesa perfeitamente preparada.

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All of the staff asked, "What should we do?"

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Todos da equipe perguntaram "O que devemos fazer?"

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Little Antonio approached the terrified man who broke the centerpiece.

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O pequeno Antonio se aproximou do homem apavorado que quebrou a peça central.

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"If you had another statue,

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"Se você tivesse outra estátua,

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could you set the grand table perfectly?"

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você conseguiria preparar a mesa perfeitamente?"

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"Certainly," said the man,

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"Certamente", disse o homem,

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"if it were the right length and height."

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"se fosse do comprimento e altura corretos."

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"Perhaps I can make something that will work," said Antonio.

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"Talvez eu consiga fazer algo que vá funcionar", disse Antonio.

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The man laughed.

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O homem riu.

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"Impossible! Who are you, talking about making statues on an hour's notice?"

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"Impossível! Quem é você, falando de fazer estátuas com uma hora de antecedência?"

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"I am Antonio Canova."

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"Eu sou Antonio Canova."

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"Let the boy try and see what he can do," said the grandfather.

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"Deixe o garoto tentar e ver o que ele consegue fazer", disse o avô.

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The staff agreed.

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A equipe concordou.

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And so, since nothing else could be done,

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E então, uma vez que nada mais podia ser feito,

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the man allowed Antonio to try.

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o homem permitiu que Antonio tentasse.

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In the kitchen, a 200-pound piece of butter sat waiting to be appropriately prepared.

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Na cozinha, um pedaço de manteiga de 200 libras estava esperando para ser devidamente preparado.

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It had just arrived, fresh from the milk farm on the mountain.

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(O pedaço) tinha acabado de chegar, direto da fazenda de leite na montanha.

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With a kitchen knife in his hand,

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Com uma faca de cozinha na mão,

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Antonio shaped this butter.

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Antonio moldou essa manteiga.

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He quickly created the shape of a proud lion,

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Ele rapidamente criou a forma de um orgulhoso leão,

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and all at the staff came closer to see it.

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e todos na equipe chegaram mais perto para ver.

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"How beautiful!" they cried.

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"Que lindo!" eles gritaram.

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"It’s much better than the broken statue."

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"É muito melhor do que a estátua quebrada."

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When it was finished,

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Quando estava pronta,

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the man carried the statue to its place.

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o homem carregou a estátua para seu lugar.

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"The grand table will be more beautiful than I ever hoped to make it!"

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"A grande mesa será mais bonita do que eu jamais esperava fazer!"

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When The Count and his friends came to dinner,

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Quando o Conde e seus amigos vieram para o jantar,

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the first thing they saw was the yellow lion on the grand table.

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a primeira coisa que eles viram foi o leão amarelo na grande mesa.

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"What a beautiful work of art!" they cried.

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"Que linda obra de arte!" eles gritaram.

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"Nobody but a great artist could ever create such a figure!"

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"Ninguém além de um grande artista poderia jamais criar tal estátua!"

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"Who made it?"

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"Quem fez (a estátua)?"

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"Truly, my friends," The Count said,

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"Realmente, meus amigos" o Conde disse,

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"this is as much of a surprise to me as to you."

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"isto é tanto uma surpresa para mim quanto para vocês."

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The Count then called his head staff member

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O Conde então chamou seu membro chefe da equipe

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and asked where he had found this wonderful statue.

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e perguntou onde ele tinha encontrado essa maravilhosa estátua.

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"It was made only an hour ago by a little boy in the kitchen," said the man.

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"(Ela) foi feita apenas uma hora atrás por um pequeno menino na cozinha", disse o homem.

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This information made The Count's friends wonder more,

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Essa informação fez os amigos do Conde se maravilharem mais,

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so The Count called the boy into the room.

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então o Conde chamou o garoto ao recinto.

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"My boy," he said,

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"Meu garoto", ele disse,

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"you have done a piece of work of which the greatest artists would be proud.

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"você fez uma obra da qual os maiores artistas estariam orgulhosos.

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What is your name, and who is your teacher?"

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Qual é o seu nome e quem é seu professor?"

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"My name is Antonio Canova,

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"Meu nome é Antonio Canova,

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and I have had no teacher but my grandfather, the stonecutter."

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e eu não tive professor algum além de meu avô, o cortador de pedras."

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All the guests came to stand around Antonio.

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Todos os convidados vieram para ficar ao redor de Antonio.

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There were famous artists among them,

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Havia artistas famosos entre eles,

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and they knew that the boy was a prodigy.

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e eles sabiam que o garoto era um prodígio.

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When they sat down at the grand table,

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Quando eles se sentaram na grande mesa,

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nothing pleased them more than talking to Antonio,

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nada os agradou mais do que falar com Antonio,

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and the dinner became a party in his honor.

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e o jantar se tornou uma festa em sua honra.

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The very next day, The Count sent for Antonio to live with him.

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Bem no dia seguinte, o Conde mandou buscar Antonio para morar com ele.

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The best artists in the land taught him to sculpt,

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Os melhores artistas na região o ensinaram a esculpir,

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and he learned how to carve in marble.

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e ele aprendeu a esculpir em mármore.

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In a few years, Antonio Canova became known

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Em poucos anos, Antonio Canova se tornou conhecido

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as one of the greatest sculptors in the world.

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como um dos maiores escultores do mundo.