# The Three Graces [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REGNAULT, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 204 x 153 cm ## Commentary The representation of the Three Graces attests to the painter's fondness for mythological themes and for adolescent female nudes. In this piece he copied a carved antique sculpture \(Siena Cathedral\) that had previously inspired <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/2firenze/1/21graces.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/2firenze/1/21graces.html">one of Raphael's works,</A> and enabled Regnault to pay homage to female beauty from several angles, in a subtle blend of idealisation and realism. ## Related artworks - [Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron]() - [Socrates Dragging Alcibiades from the Embrace of Aspasia]() - [The Descent from the Cross]() - [The Genius of France between Liberty and Death]() - [The Origin of Painting: Dibutades Tracing the Portrait of a Shepherd]() - [The Toilet of Venus]() - [Venus and Adonis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()