CIRCA 1880, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA

Details

A CARRARA MARBLE GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
CIRCA 1880, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA
Standing by a column carved with swags of flowers on a shaped base
32 in. (81 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This marble is a copy of Antonio Canova's magnum opus The Three Graces which depicts the nymphs Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia - the three daughters of Zeus and the sea nymph Euronyme, as well as the handmaidens of Venus and companions of Apollo. Respectively, they represented elegance, mirth and youth, and beauty or the three phases of love: Beauty, arousing Desire, leading to Fulfilment.

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