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In Venice, Milan, and Norfolk, Hamish Bowles Investigates Art and Old-World Interiors

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    A wooden bas-relief of Anne Boleyn greets visitors on the staircase of Blickling Hall.

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    A figure on the staircase.

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    The entryway to the morning room.

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    A carved ivory pagoda in the Chinese bedroom.

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    Chinese wallpaper is featured on the walls and overmantel.

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    The long library features elaborate ceilings and is home to a historical national book collectsion.

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    A close-up of the ceiling features traditional Jacobean design and folk scenes.

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    Inside the Peter the Great room, a tapestry of the room’s namesake displays his likeness and triumph over the Swedes in 1709.

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    A different view of the Peter the Great room.

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    An exterior shot of Villa Necchi Campiglio.

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    The sunroom at Villa Necchi Campiglio showcases 1930s-style double-hung windows.

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    A nook in the library.

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    The library, continued.

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    More 1930s touches, as shown in the diamond grid of plasterwork ceilings.

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    Inside Villa Necchi Campiglio.

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    A bathroom shot, featuring the original chrome and marble design by renowned architect Piero Portaluppi.

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    Inside the closets of sisters Nedda and Gigina Necchi, which feature Milanese fashions of the 1950s and ’60s.

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    Damien Hirst, Demon With Bowl (Exhibition Enlargement).

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    Damien Hirst, Unknown Pharaoh (detail).

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    Damien Hirst, Mickey.

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    Damien Hirst, The Severed Head of Medusa.

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    Damien Hirst, Hydra and Kali (two versions), Hydra and Kali Beneath the Waves.