S21.1 KHARITES

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre
Ma 287
Title: "Les Trois Grâces"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 1.19 metres
Context: Found in the Villa Cornovaglia in Rome
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek statue C2nd BC. Rennaisance era restoration by Nicolas Cordier (1609)
Style: Hellenistic
Date: C2nd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

The three Kharites (Graces) dancing in a circle.

ARTICLES

Kharites

 
 
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