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Villa Carlotta in Villa Carlotta

May 18, 2018

33 meters of Thorvaldsen

The high relief with the Entrance of Alexander the Great into Babylon by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, is one of the masterpieces of Villa Carlotta.

Meet Terpsichore

“The Muse Terpsichore” by Antonio Canova (1757–1822) is the precious original plaster model made for the marble sculpture representing the muse of dance commissioned by Sommariva in 1811.