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The Graces Listening to Cupid's Song, A601
Jakob Faurvig
Thorvaldsens Museum

Explanation

  • The relief was originally modelled for a memorial in the Academy of Fine Art in Milan to the Italian painter Andrea Appiani (1754-1817), known as the painter of the Graces. The Graces are supporting each other in sorrow at the painter’s death and find consolation in Cupid’s music.

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Dimension

  • Height 125.5 cm
  • Width 101.5 cm

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