The Three Graces

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The Three Graces is a celebrated neoclassical marble sculpture by Antonio Canova depicting the three daughters of Zeus as idealized embodiments of beauty, charm, and joy.

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instanceOf marble sculpture
neoclassical sculpture
sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance masterpiece of neoclassical sculpture
one of Antonio Canova’s most celebrated works
artisticTheme grace
harmony
idealized female beauty
joy
commissionedBy Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais
completionDate 1817
composition three nude female figures standing in a circle
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Antonio Canova
creatorNationality Italian
currentDisplay jointly owned and displayed by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland
depictionType full-length figures
depicts Aglaea
Charites
linked to: The Three Graces

Euphrosyne
Greek goddesses of charm, beauty and joy
Thalia
daughters of Zeus
genre mythological sculpture
hasVersion earlier Three Graces group for the Duke of Bedford
height approximately 1.7 metres
iconography intertwined arms symbolizing unity
shared drapery element at lower body
inception 1814
influencedBy Roman copies of Greek originals
classical Greek sculpture
inventoryNumber A.4-1994 (V&A)
languageOfTitle English
locatedInTheCollectionOf National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
location National Galleries of Scotland
Victoria and Albert Museum
materialUsed marble
movement Neoclassicism
notableFor idealized classical proportions
refined surface finish
subtle rendering of flesh in marble
originallyCommissionedFor Empress Joséphine’s residence at Malmaison
originalTitle Le Tre Grazie
originalTitleLanguage Italian
period early 19th century
pose central figure facing viewer with two flanking figures turned inward
subjectHasMythologicalOrigin Greek mythology
surfaceTreatment highly polished marble

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Antonio Canova notableWork The Three Graces
Royal Liver Building partOf Three Graces
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Venus Victrix (Canova) relatedWorkByArtist Three Graces (Canova)
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Canova notableWork The Three Graces
Jean-Baptiste Regnault notableWork The Three Graces
Zeus parent the Graces
subject linked to: Zeus and Hera
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Philophrosyne associatedWith Charites
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Philophrosyne associatedWith Graces
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Aglaea memberOf the Three Graces
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Aglaea memberOf the Charites
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Aglaea category Charites in Greek mythology
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Primavera depicts Three Graces
subject linked to: Primavera by Sandro Botticelli
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Orchomenus mythologicalAssociation Charites (Graces)
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Bertel Thorvaldsen notableWork The Three Graces
Primavera depicts Three Graces
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Primavera significantFigure Three Graces
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Edward Hodges Baily notableWork The Graces
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The Three Graces (Canova sculpture) depicts Charites
subject linked to: The Three Graces
linked to: The Three Graces
Three Graces (Liverpool) namedAfter Three Graces (Greek mythology)
subject linked to: Three Graces
linked to: The Three Graces