The Three Graces

PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES

A collection of selected works of sculptures and

paintings by varied artists.

by Condessa de Melo
The Three Graces

PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES

A collection of selected works of sculptures and

paintings by varied artists.

by Condessa de Melo
The Three Graces
PAINTINGS AND SCUPULTURES

The Three Graces is a collection of works of art and sculptures of

authors and varied genres of different centuries.

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SUMMARY

Introduction 1
Raphael 2
Peter Paul Rubens 3
Carl Van Loo 4

Salvador Dali 5

Koloman Moser 6

Marcel Janco 7

Rafael Zabaleta 8

Raphael 9

Antonio Canova 10
11
Wojciech Siudmak
12
Robert Delaunay
13
Edward Burne-Jones
14
Constantin Piliuta
15
Antonio Canova
16
Erte
17
Michel Simonidy
18
Jacopo Pontormo
19
Tia Peltz
20
Sandro Boticelli
Omer Mujadžić
21
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
22
Peter Paul Rubens 23
Correggio 24
Lucas Cranach the Elder 25
Lucas Cranach the Elder 26
Lucas Cranach the Elder 27
Jacques-Louis David 28
Hans Baldung 29
 INTRODUTION

This painting depicts three goddesses from ancient

Greek mythology called the Graces , known in Greek as
the Charites . Originally goddesses of nature, they came
to be generally considered as companions of Aphrodite
(Venus), the goddess of Love and Beauty. According to
poetic and literary tradition, the Graces were three in
number, and their names were Euphrosyne, Thalia,
and Aglaia.

Eternally young and lovely, they represented charm,

beauty, and human creativity, and were depicted
naked, originally holding attributes such as apples,
roses, and sprigs of myrtle.

The poses of the figures in this painting were directly

inspired by an ancient marble statue in the Libreria
Piccolomini in the Duomo at Siena: the nymph in the
middle is seen from behind; the one on the left faces
the viewer, with her head turned to one side; the one
on the right is shown in profile, her head turned
toward the viewer.

The result resembles three different views of the same

figure. The three goddesses are linked together in a
ring, holding each other by the waist or neck to form a
graceful chain. This painting, with its smooth contours,
sinuous forms, and luminous colors is typical of
Regnault's style . The mythological subject served as a
pretext for painting three young women in graceful
poses, the pinkish-white of their flesh tones enhanced
by a dark background dotted with tiny flowers.

The contrast of light and shade and the pure "Greek

style" lines reflect Regnault's charming brand of
neoclassicsim , expressed with almost excessive
perfection.
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RAFAEL

The Three Graces is an oil painting by Italian painter Raphael, housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly , France. The date of
origin has not been positively determined, though it seems to have been painted at some point after his arrival to study
with Pietro Perugino in about 1500, possibly 1503-1505. According to James Patrick in 2007's Renaissance and
Reformation, the painting represents the first time that Raphael had depicted the nude female form in front and back views.
Source: Wikipedia.

Date: 1504–1505
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 17.1 cm × 17.1 cm (6.7 in × 6.7 in)
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PETER PAUL RUBENS

The Three Graces is a Baroque style mythological painting by famous Flemish/Netherlandish painter and draughtsman,
Peter Paul Rubens . The painting, done on oil and wood, was created back in 1639. Rubens was trained in Antwerp but he
received his Italian influences when he travelled to Italy during the year 1600 and absorbed the works of iconic Italian
artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Correggio , etc. As far as his painting style is concerned, he was
fond of painting scenes which had numerous individuals. Thus, his works always have that ‘overflowing’ effect. He used a
wide range of impastos in order to create clear and smooth surfaces in his paintings, which seemed almost plastic-like! He
was also a perfectionist and liked to pay attention to intricate details.

Date: 1693
Media: oil, wood
Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Dimensions: 221 x 181 cm
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CARL VAN LOO

Date: 1763
Media: oil
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Dimensions: 58.4 x 46 cm
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SALVADOR DALI

Date: 1763
Media: oil
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Dimensions: 58.4 x 46 cm
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KOLOMAN MOSER

Koloman Moser 30 March 1868 – 18 October 1918) was an Austrian artist who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-
century graphic art and one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener
Werkstätte.

Moser designed a wide array of art works, including books and graphic works from postage stamps to magazine vignettes;
fashion; stained glass windows, porcelains and ceramics, blown glass, tableware, silver, jewelry, and furniture.

Date: unknown
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
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MARCEL JANCO

Marcel Janco was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a
leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. In the 1910s, he co-edited, with Ion Vinea and Tristan Tzara, the
Romanian art magazine Simbolul. Janco was a practitioner of Art Nouveau, Futurism and Expressionism before contributing
his painting and stage design to Tzara's literary Dadaism. He parted with Dada in 1919, when he and painter Hans Arp
founded a Constructivist circle, Das Neue Leben.

Date: unknown
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 46X55 cm
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RAFAEL ZABALETA

Rafael Zabaleta was a Spanish painter and draughtsman. He represented the art movements of Expressionism
and Cubism. Throughout his career, Zabaleta produced numerous figure compositions, nudes, landscapes, as
well as still-lifes.

Genre: Cubism
Date: unknown
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 43 x 61 cm
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ANTONIO CANOVA

Antonio Canova’s statue The Three Graces is a Neoclassical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three charites,
daughters of Zeus – identified on some engravings of the statue as, from left to right, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia –
who were said to represent youth/beauty (Thalia), mirth (Euphrosyne), and elegance (Aglaea). The Graces presided over
banquets and gatherings, to delight the guests of the gods. As such they have served as subjects for historical artists
including Sandro Botticelli and Bertel Thorvaldsen.

A version of the sculpture is in the Hermitage Museum, another is owned jointly and exhibited in turn by the Victoria and
Albert Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland.

Date: 1817
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WOJCIECH SIUDMAK

'Three Graces' was created by Wojciech Siudmak in Fantastic Realism style. Siudmak is close to Dali by his brilliance in
portraying the three-dimensional illusion of space, by his sense of light and shade.

Wojciech Kazimierz "Wojtek" Siudmak is a Polish painter, currently living in France. His works are often used as
illustrations for science fiction and fantasy literature, including the Polish edition of Frank Herbert's Dune series. He is
also known for his work on album covers, including the award-winning cover for Eloy's 1977 album Ocean.
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ROBERT DELAUNAY

The Three Graces 1912 - Robert Delaunay was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others,
cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works
were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related to bold use of colour, and a clear love of
experimentation of both depth and tone.

Date: 1912
Style: Orphism
Genre: mythological painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Private Collection
Dimensions: 207 x 173 cm
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EDWARD BURNE-JONES

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet ARA (28 August 1833 – 17 June 1898) was a British artist and designer
closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who worked closely with William Morris
on a wide range of decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Burne-Jones was
closely involved in the rejuvenation of the tradition of stained glass art in Britain; his stained-glass include
windows in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane
Square, Chelsea, St Martin's Church in Brampton, Cumbria (the church designed by Philip Webb), St Michael's
Church, Brighton, All Saints, Jesus Lane, Cambridge, St Edmund Hall and Christ Church, two colleges of the
University of Oxford. His stained glass works also feature in St. Anne's Church, Brown Edge, Staffordshire
Moorlands and St.Edward the Confessor church at Cheddleton Staffordshire. Burne-Jones's early paintings show
the heavy inspiration of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but by the 1860s Burne-Jones was discovering his own artistic
"voice". In 1877, he was persuaded to show eight oil paintings at the Grosvenor Gallery (a new rival to the Royal
Academy). These included The Beguiling of Merlin. The timing was right, and he was taken up as a herald and
star of the new Aesthetic Movement.

Date: 1885
Style: Symbolism
Genre: mythological painting
Media: chalk, paper
Location: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
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CONSTANTIN PILUITA

Constantin Piliuta was born in 1929 in Botosani, north east Romania. Initially he wanted to become an actor, but
after failing to get a place at the theatre school, he instead went to the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest (1945-
9), studying under Alexander Ciucurencu. Among his friends were many actors, and he created stage sets for
theatre productions. He also enjoyed a brief hippy period in the sixties. He died in 2003. His pictures still sell well
in Romania, but according to his wife, there are many forgeries among them.

Date: 1972
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: Mythological painting
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ANTONIO CANOVA

Antonio Canova (1757-1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often
regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his artwork was inspired by the Baroque and the classical
revival, but avoided the melodramatics of the former, and the cold artificiality of the latter.

Date: 1799
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: mythological painting
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ERTE

Romain de Tirtoff was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté. He was a
diversely talented 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion,
jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor. Tirtoff was born
Roman Petrovich Tyrtov ( Роман Петрович Тыртов ) in Saint Petersburg, to a distinguished family with roots
tracing back to 1548, to a Tatar khan named Tyrtov. His father, Pyotr Ivanovich Tyrtov, served as an admiral in the
Russian Fleet.

Style: Art decor

Genre: Mythological painting
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MICHEL SIMONIDY

Michel Simonidy (Mihail Simonidi) (8 March 1870, Bucharest - 1933, Paris) was a Romanian painter, designer and
decorator of Greek ancestry who worked in the Art Nouveau style. In Paris, he was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and
Gabriel Ferrier and was best-known for his genre scenes and nudes. He received an honorable mention at the
Exposition Universelle (1889). His "Death of Mithridates" also won a medal at the Salon, where he exhibited from
1908 to 1912.

Style: Art Nouveau

Genre: Mythological figure
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JACOPO PONTORNO

Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or
simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents
a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine
Renaissance. He is famous for his use of twining poses, coupled with ambiguous perspective; his figures often
seem to float in an uncertain environment, unhampered by the forces of gravity.

Date: c. 1535; Italy

Style: Mannerism (late Renaissance)
Genre: Nude painting (Nu)
Location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Dimensions: 49,5x 21,3 cm
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TIA PELTZ

Tia Peltz Ernestina (n. 30 de janeiro de 1923 , Bucareste - m. 5 de março de 1999 , Bucareste ) foi uma ilustradora,
pintora e escritora religião judaica romena, membro da União dos Artistas da Romênia. Ela era filha do escritor e
jornalista Isac Peltz. Ele estudou artes plásticas no Instituto "Nicolae Grigorescu" de Belas Artes, em
Bucareste. Sua obra inclui pinturas, gráficos, desenhos e ilustrações de livros. Artista prolífica, Tia Peltz teve
inúmeras exposições pessoais e participações em exposições coletivas, tanto na Romênia quanto no
exterior. Algumas de suas obras são exibidas em museus, como o Museu Nacional de Arte de Bucareste e o Museu
de Arte de Craiova, enquanto outras obras estão em coleções particulares.

Style: Expressionism
Genre: Mythological Painting
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SANDRO BOTICELLI

Primavera, is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli made in
the late 1470s or early 1480s (datings vary).The painting depicts a group of figures from classical mythology in a
garden, but no story has been found that brings this particular group together. Most critics agree that the
painting is an allegory based on the lush growth of Spring, but accounts of any precise meaning vary, though
many involve the Renaissance Neoplatonism which then fascinated intellectual circles in Florence.

Date: c. 1485-1487; Florence, Italy

Style: Renaissance
Genre: Allegorical painting
Media: tempera, panel
Location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
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OMER MUJADŽIĆ

Omer Mujadžić was born on February 1, 1903 in Bosanska Gradiška. He entered the study of painting at the age of
15 at the Royal Academy in Zagreb, in the class of Professor Ljubo Babić. During his studies, he worked at the
Royal University Botanical Institute, from 1922 to 1924. After finishing his studies in 1924, he went to Paris as a
French government scholarship holder and spent a year at L'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. In Paris,
he studies the ancient masters of the Louvre and observes contemporary developments in the Parisian art scene -
André Lhot's post-cubist style, Picassoum returning to figuration, an interest aroused by classical themes near
André Deraine. In 1925, he participated in one of the main art meetings of the time, the Paris Autumn Salon. After
returning from Paris in 1926, he participated in the graphic exhibition of the Six at the Ullrich Hall in Zagreb. In
addition, he participates in several national and international group exhibitions. From 1927 he worked as a
draftsman at the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, where he worked until 1931. From 1932 to 1933, he
collaborated with the painters Vilko Gecan, Jozo Kljaković, Fran Kršinić, Vanja Radauš and Marijan Trepše in
illustrations for a special edition of Alkar his friend Dinko Šimunović, published by Ex Libris. In 1933, he
organized his first solo exhibition in Zagreb, which was accompanied by excellent art reviews. In 1931, he worked
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he worked as a teacher; He took an anatomy course and then a
painting class, and taught for a full 42 years until his retirement in 1973. He died in Zagreb on October 28, 1991.

Style: Expressionism
Genre: Painting
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JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX

These three dancing figures are a smaller, plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble "Dance," which
crowned the façade of the Paris Opéra. When the sculpture was unveiled, the public, accustomed to the idealism
of the neoclassical style, was outraged. Carpeaux's realistic rendering of female flesh provoked vandalism and
threats of removal. Carpeaux's erotically charged group at the same time generated fascination and interest, the
sculptor produced numerous bronze, plaster, and terra-cotta copies of heads, single figures, and groups from his
composition.

Style: Renaissance
Genre: Sculpture
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PETER PAUL RUBENS

These three dancing figures are a smaller, plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble "Dance," which
crowned the façade of the Paris Opéra. When the sculpture was unveiled, the public, accustomed to the idealism
of the neoclassical style, was outraged. Carpeaux's realistic rendering of female flesh provoked vandalism and
threats of removal. Carpeaux's erotically charged group at the same time generated fascination and interest, the
sculptor produced numerous bronze, plaster, and terra-cotta copies of heads, single figures, and groups from his
composition.

Style: Renaissance
Genre: Sculpture
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CORREGGIO

The Three Graces, a classical theme that became popular in the Renaissance, was based upon Roman sculptures
of the subject, including a well-known group that survived in Siena. It was rendered in reliefs and paintings,
including the small picture by Raphael. Correggio's approach is loose and while the figures are intended to
represent marble, they reveal soft flesh that is nothing like cold stone, and their proportions are full almost to the
point of exaggeration.

Date: c. 1519
Style: High Renaissance
Genre: mythological painting, trompe-l'oeil
Media: fresco
Location: Convent of San Paolo, Parma, Italy
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LUCAS CRANACH, THE ELDER

In the late period of creativity, the artist prefers small formats, “plaques”, executed with great care and requiring
consideration from a close distance. Such cabinet pictures of the artist’s late period of creativity were intended
for the niches of the cabinet of curiosities of nobles or patricians. It is no coincidence that Lucas Cranach
chooses topics such as Venus, Judith, Paris Court, Diana, Lucretia, and Mesalians, which suit the taste of high-
ranking customers, as well as other ancient and mythological themes.

Date: 1531; Germany

Style: Northern Renaissance
Series: The Three Graces
Genre: mythological painting
Location: Louvre, Paris, France
Dimensions: 36x24 cm
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LUCAS CRANACH, THE ELDER

Three Graces by Lucas signify epitomes of exquisiteness, charm, and elegance. Bestowing to Earliest Greek
folklore, they represent the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid. The three holy sisters were entourages of the
goddess Aphrodite and were part of her servants.

Date: 1535; Germany

Style: Northern Renaissance
Series: The Three Graces
Genre: mythological painting
Media: oil, wood Dimensions: 50,5 x 35,7 cm
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LUCAS CRANACH, THE ELDER

Lucas was born at Kronach in central Germany and his precise date of birth is anonymous. He cultured the art of
illustration from his dad Hans Maler who was a painter. How Cranach obtains basic education is unknown but it
was undoubtedly with indigenous south German teachers. Bestowing to Gunderam, Cranach verified his aptitudes
as a watercolorist before the end of the 15th century. His artwork depicted the devotion of Duke Frederick III who
devoted Cranach to his courtyard in the year 1504. Cranach also coated religious themes, primarily in the
Catholic custom, and later vexing to treasure new ways of carrying Lutheran devout disquiets in art. This
sharpened his artistic journey. He was persistent during the course of his career to daub nude issues drawn from
folklore and belief. Among his many amazing artworks, Lucas Cranach has received lots of appreciation for the
three Graces portrait.

Date: c. 1530; Germany

Style: Northern Renaissance
Series: The Three Graces
Genre: mythological painting
Location: Private Collection
Dimensions: 57,5x 38 cm
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JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

Mary Being Disarmed by Venus is the last painting produced by the French artist Jacques-Louis David. He began it in 1822 (aged 73)
during his exile in Brussels and completed it three years later, before dying in an accident in 1825. He sent it to an exhibition in Paris
from his exile, knowing that by then Romanticism was ascendant in the Salon. In 2007 it was displayed in the main hall of the Royal
Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, close to entrace.

At over 3 m (10 ft) high it is an imposing work. Set before a temple floating in the clouds, Venus the goddess of love and her followers,
the three Graces and Cupid, are shown taking away the weapons, helmet, shield and armour of Mars the god of war. He allows himself
to be disarmed and gives in to Venus's charms. Most of David's models for it were figures involved in the Théâtre de la Monnaie: Venus
was modelled by the actress Marie Lesueur, Cupid by Lucien Petipa, Mars by a subscriber or 'abonné', and one of the Graces by the
Prince of Orange's mistress.

Original Title: Mars désarmé par Vénus

Date: 1824
Style: Neoclassicism
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Dimensions: 308 x 262 cm
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HANS BALDUNG

The Three Ages of Man and Death is an oil on canvas painting created between 1541 and 1544 by the German
artist Hans Baldung which is in the collection of the Prado Museum. [1]The work is an allegorical painting
alluding to the transience of beauty and the fragility of human life. Death with his hourglass and broken lance has
already taken the arm of the old woman who is in turn holding on to the younger one. A baby lies sleeping on the
ground. In the lower background is a depiction of Hell with above a crucified Christ in a shaft of heavenly light,
representing the opposing visions of life after death. The owl at bottom left is a symbol of wisdom warning of the
consequences of sin.It is part of a set of similarly themed paintings by Baldung, the others of which are The Three
Ages of Woman and Death and The Three Graces.

Date: 1539
Style: Northern Renaissance
Media: oil, panel
Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Dimensions: 151 x 61 cm
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