The Three Graces (Van Loo)
Painting by Charles-André van Lpo
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The Three Graces is a 1765 rococo oil painting by the French artist Charles-André van Loo. Depicting a scene from Greek Mythology, it portrays The Three Graces.[1][2]
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| Artist | Charles-André van Loo |
| Year | c.1765 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 250 cm × 204 cm (98 in × 80 in) |
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Van Loo had produced an earlier version of The Three Graces which he exhibited at the Salon of 1763. Despite receiving a warm reception from newspapers, the influential Madame Pompadour expressed a dislike for it. Van Loo then set about producing another painting for the subsequent Salon of 1765, although in the event it was exhibited after both his and Pompadour's deaths.[3] The three women were apparently modelled after Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, a former mistress of Louis XV and two of her sisters.[4]
Today the painting is in the collection of the Château de Chenonceau in Centre-Val de Loire.[5]
