The Three Graces
The Three Graces are a classic of the museum world: the goddesses of joy, charm and beauty. This replica available on the pages of the Roman store is a handcrafted manufakt from a German workshop and an effective replica of a great culture. The relief measures approximately 40 by 37 centimeters. The original and model for the replica is in the Louvre in Paris and dates back to 100 B.C. The relief replica is made of alabaster stucco with antique patina and has a device for hanging.
Sandro Botticelli, Rubens or Antonio Canova. They have masterfully staged "The Three Graces". In their paintings and sculptures we encounter three shy, naked beauties - playmates in the entourage of the Greek goddess Venus or Aphrodite. They hold hands and seem to be engaged in an intimate game, a game of three. Delicate grace emanates from the group of young women, sensual charm stemming from the magic of innocence. The three Graces or Charites - as they are called in Greek - embody beauty and joie de vivre: Aglaia (the radiant), Euphrosyne (the cheerful), and Thalia (the blooming) are, according to legend, daughters of Zeus, the father of the gods, and Euronyme, the nymph of the sea.
Not the plump sensuality of Aphrodite is their domain. The three Graces stand for spiritual pleasures, for the joy and beauty resulting from art, for music, dance, painting, poetry and oratory. Thalia is also considered the muse of serene poetry.
Already during the Hellenistic age (ca. 300 B.C.), the serene beauties shed their clothes. Their representation was always determined by the ideal conception of the female body by the respective spirit of the time. A welcome motif also for much later times ... Following the Greek poet Pindar, these charming goddesses were created to bless the world with pleasant moments and goodwill.
- Relief measures approx 40x37cm
- Original in the Louvre, Paris
- Date: 100 BC
- Alabaster stucco with antique patina
- with hanging device
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