In September the NCMA acquired a long-lost masterpiece of American sculpture. William Wetmore Story’s monumental marble statue "Saul under the Influence of the Evil Spirit" created an international sensation when it was first exhibited in 1865. It was immediately bought by an English aristocrat for his palatial country house in the Cotswolds. There it remained for more than 150 years, unknown to the wider world—until now.

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