Statues of the Three Graces supporting the urn of Henry II’s heart

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Statues of the Three Graces supporting the urn of Henry II’s heart is a celebrated late Renaissance French sculptural group by Germain Pilon, depicting three elegant female figures bearing the vessel that once contained the heart of King Henry II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance sculpture ⓘ
funerary monument ⓘ
sculptural group ⓘ
artForm freestanding sculpture ⓘ
artisticPeriod late Renaissance ⓘ
associatedWith French royal funerary tradition ⓘ
Valois dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Valois
commemorates Henry II of France ⓘ
commissionedBy Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ
country France ⓘ
creator Germain Pilon ⓘ
culturalContext French court art of the Valois period ⓘ
dedicatedTo Henry II of France ⓘ
depicts Three Graces ⓘ
linked to: The Three Graces

three female figures ⓘ
genre funerary art ⓘ
hasPart three standing female figures ⓘ
urn for the heart of Henry II ⓘ
hasType royal heart monument ⓘ
heritageDesignation museum collection object of the Louvre Museum ⓘ
iconographicTheme Three Graces from classical mythology ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy Italian Renaissance sculpture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
movement French Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor combination of classical mythology with royal funerary function ⓘ
elegant elongated proportions of the figures ⓘ
refined surface modeling and drapery ⓘ
originalFunction reliquary for the heart of Henry II of France ⓘ
originalLocation Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
style Mannerism ⓘ
subjectOf art historical studies of French Renaissance sculpture ⓘ

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