"Which sculptor created the classical marble statue ""The Threee Graces""? He carved two separate versions, one stands in the Hermitage Museum and the other is jointly shown by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Gallery of Scotland."
The Three Graces (sculpture) Undeterred, the Duke commissioned another version for himself. The sculpting process began in 1814 and was completed in 1817. In 1819 it was installed at the Duke’s residence in Woburn Abbey. Canova traveled to England to supervise its installation, choosing to display it on a pedestal adapted from a marble plinth with a rotating top. This item is now owned jointly by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland, and is alternately displayed at each. The version in the Hermitage is carved from veined marble and has a square pillar behind the left-hand figure (Euphrosyne). The
Victoria and Albert Museum is Romanesque in form but Classical in detail. Likewise the tower above the main entrance has an open work crown surmounted by a statue of fame, a feature of late Gothic architecture and a feature common in Scotland, but the detail is Classical. The main windows to the galleries are also mullioned and transomed, again a Gothic feature; the top row of windows are interspersed with statues of many of the British artists whose work is displayed in the museum. Prince Albert appears within the main arch above the twin entrances, and Queen Victoria above the frame around the arches