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Villa Cimbrone – Eve’s Grotto

Situated among holm oaks, alder trees and chestnuts lies a natural cave displaying a statue of Eve.

Eve appears to turn, surprised, while her posture and that shy bringing of the hand to the face, communicate feelings of expectation and uneasiness. The technical skill of the sculptor is clear in the softness of the body, in [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2018

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Chirk Castle – Statues

Dotted around the garden were several bronze nymphs that had been created by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi.  The one pictured here is rather reminiscent of Eve because there was a snake beneath her foot.

There is also a very prominent statue of Hercules (by Van Nost) set before the backdrop of the castle.  You can’t see the [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2010