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Source Description
In antiquity, the three Graces, daughters of Jupiter, personified beauty, charity, and intellect, their interlocking arms symbolizing the connections between these qualities. The Roman marble that excited the imagination of Renaissance artists was a copy (now in the cathedral at Siena) after a lost Greek original and was recorded in an influential engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1524). The inscription (copied from the engraving) translates as "These are Roman Charities [or Graces], sculpted from snowy white marble." The three dignified female nudes with their restrained, rhythmic gestures-a celebration of feminine grace as well as a visual citation of antique sculpture-make a fascinating contrast to the "Plaque with Acrobats."
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Document identity
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37553
label
Plaque with the Three Graces
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object
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Source metadata
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37553
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object
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normalized
title
Plaque with the Three Graces
description
In antiquity, the three Graces, daughters of Jupiter, personified beauty, charity, and intellect, their interlocking arms symbolizing the connections between these qualities. The Roman marble that excited the imagination of Renaissance artists was a copy (now in the cathedral at Siena) after a lost Greek original and was recorded in an influential engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1524). The inscription (copied from the engraving) translates as "These are Roman Charities [or Graces], sculpted from snowy white marble." The three dignified female nudes with their restrained, rhythmic gestures-a celebration of feminine grace as well as a visual citation of antique sculpture-make a fascinating contrast to the "Plaque with Acrobats."
provenance
Baron A. Oppenheim, cat. no. 287; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York, no. 870; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919 by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1575 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Enamels
plaques
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
24.3
height
20.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 9/16 x W: 8 3/16 in. (24.3 x 20.8 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
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3084
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REN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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