Bath's first public museum, The Holburne Museum, closed on 18 March. The independent Grade I-listed venue receives no government funding and has lost its regular income from tickets, events ...
Guiseppe Plura was an Italian sculptor who arrived in Bath around 1749. In 1753 he set up his own studio in the city where this sculpture was exhibited as a 'showpiece'.
Unlike Giambologna, Susini was a specialist metal worker and it is generally felt that the finish on the Holburne version is finer than that by Giambologna.
With a splashy new spa on the way, this charming English city heads into the future. Clearly visible on the soaring west front of Bath Abbey is a row of stone angels scrambling up a ladder to heaven.