THIS PAGE, IN OPIE’S STUDIO,
HIS MODEL FOR A METAL
STATUE IS SURROUNDED BY
PIECES FROM HIS OWN ART
COLLECTION, INCLUDING, LEFT,
A PAINTED EGYPTIAN WOODEN
HEAD (C 1600-1100 BC) AND,
SECOND FROM RIGHT, A
TERRACOTTA BUST OF THE
COMPOSER CHRISTOPH
GLUCK BY JEAN-ANTOINE
HOUDON (C 1770)
OPPOSITE, CARMODY
GROARKE’S STEEL-CLAD
ADDITION INCREASES THE
SPACE BY SOME 100 SQ M
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