The Three Graces

Jean François Janinet

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Three Graces by Jean François Janinet. Three nude women standing side by side. The woman on the left has her body angled slightly toward the viewer, her head turned to face them with a gentle smile, her right arm across her body holding a flower, and her hair styled in a low ponytail. The woman in the middle faces away from the viewer with her head turned to the right; she places her left hand on the shoulder of the woman on the right and her right hand on the shoulder of the woman on the left. Her hair is styled in a bun. The woman on the right faces the viewer, looking to the left; she holds flowers in her left hand and has her right hand on the shoulder of the middle woman. She has two braids in her hair. All three women have fair skin and blush-colored cheeks. They stand on dirt and grass with bushes and low mountains in the background under a blue sky with white clouds. The image has a thin black border and a beige background.