Private Sculpture Gallery, Room 119
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Private Sculpture Gallery, Room 119
Level: 4
The Three Graces (pictured above) by Antonio Canova, is currently at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh and will return to the V&A next year. The sculpture originally commissioned by the 6th Duke of Bedford and installed on a pedestal (which could be rotated) in a specially built temple at his country house, Woburn Abbey reflects the avid interest in Canova's work among British collectors in the early 19th century. Many developed a taste for classical sculpture during the Grand Tour that they took through Europe as young men. On their return, they commissioned specially designed settings for the sculpture they had bought, either in their London or their country houses.
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