ID: 901000786 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000786	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Three Graces (Greco-Roman narrative)

Note: Greco-Roman narrative or theme featuring a number of female figures, usually three. The number of Graces varied in different legends, but usually there were three: Aglaia (Brightness), Euphrosyne (Joyfulness), and Thalia (Bloom). They are said to be daughters of Zeus and Hera (or Eurynome, daughter of Oceanus) or of Helios and Aegle, a daughter of Zeus. Frequently the Graces were taken as goddesses of charm or beauty.

Names:

	Three Graces (Greco-Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Tre grazie (Greco-Roman narrative) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Three Graces (Greco-Roman narrative) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Greco-Roman
	.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Three Graces (Greco-Roman narrative)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)
	Tre grazie (Greco-Roman narrative)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charites#/media/File:Canova-Three_Graces_0_degree_view.jpg
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/100230/frederick-sommer-three-graces-american-1985/
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255880