Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces")

Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces")
Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces")
Artist Aristide Maillol
Type Bronze
Dimensions (60 7/8 in × 24 1/2 in × 18 3/4 in)
Location Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States
Owner Smithsonian Institution

Nymph (Central Figure for "The Three Graces") is a bronze sculpture, by Aristide Maillol.[1] It was modeled in 1930, and cast in 1953, it is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.[2]

In the tradition of the Three Graces in Ancient Roman sculpture,[3] and The Three Graces (sculpture), by Antonio Canova, it shows serenity, in contrast to his contemporary, August Rodin.[4]

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