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| Keywords: Martin Didier Pape - Plaque with the Three Graces - Walters 44219.jpg In antiquity the three Graces daughters of Jupiter personified beauty charity and intellect their interlocking arms symbolizing the connections between these qualities The Roman marble that excited the imagination of Renaissance artists was a copy now in the cathedral at Siena after a lost Greek original and was recorded in an influential engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi 1480-1524 The inscription copied from the engraving translates as These are Roman Charities or Graces sculpted from snowy white marble The three dignified female nudes with their restrained rhythmic gestures-a celebration of feminine grace as well as a visual citation of antique sculpture-make a fascinating contrast to the Plaque with Acrobats ca 1575 Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 24 3 20 8 accession number 44 219 37553 Baron A Oppenheim cat no 287 J Pierpont Morgan New York no 870 Arnold Seligmann Rey Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1919 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1919 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Martin Didier Pape Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
