The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Three Graces Sculpture Hot

Created In The Second Century A.D., The Museum’S Marblethe Three Gracesis A Roman Copy Of A Greek Statue Group From The Second Century B.C. These Three Young Girls, Linked In A Dance-Like Pose, Represent Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), And Thalia (Abundance). Young, Beautiful, And Modest, They Personify The Graceful Sensuousness Of The Female Form; Their Closest Connection Is With Aphrodite, The Goddess Of Love And Beauty, Whom They Serve As Handmaidens. This Frieze-Like Composition In The Museum’S Collection Is Typical Of Classicizing Art Of The Second And First Century B.C. Our Reduced-Scale Reproduction Was Created Using A Combination Of Three- Dimensional Imaging And Traditional Sculpture Techniques.