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A bust of Helen of Troy wearing a Phrygian cap and curls and mounted on a turned marble socle.
National Trust, Mount Stewart
Newtownards
Title
Helen of Troy
Date
1816–1817
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 66 x W 30 x D 33 cm
Accession number
1542436
Acquisition method
on loan from a private collection
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
inscribed on truncation on the reverse: VICECOMITI CASTELREGHIO | VIRO PRESTANTISSIMO | ANTONIVS CANOVA | FECIT. AC.D.D. (To Viscount Castlereagh | a most prominent man | Antonio Canova | made it. Year of Creation of the Lord God)
National Trust, Mount Stewart
Portaferry Road, Newtownards, County Down BT22 2AD England
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