The Three Graces (Canova)
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Antonio Canova's statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three Charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on some engravings of the statue as, from left to ri
Canova's first version, now in the Hermitage Museum
The Three Graces, alternate view, in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Three Graces: the Hermitage version
Scottish National Gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playf
The Three Graces (Canova)
…Thorvaldsen. A version of the sculpture is in the Hermitage Museum, and another is owned jointly and exhibited in turn by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Scottish National Gallery while another one is in Galerie Plastik in Hořice. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, commissioned a version of the now famous work. He had visited…
Scottish National Gallery (2025)
Edinburgh Castle and National Gallery (c. 1865)
Twin porticoes at the main entrance with the original name inscribed on the frieze.
Playfair's ionic columns