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Original fileThree nude female figures, the Graces, stand in the upper portion of the scene, with one pouring a liquid from a small vessel. Below them is the muscular figure of Bacchus, identified by the crown of grape leaves on his head. To the right, a thick decorative border of fruit and foliage frames the mythological assembly.
The myth of Psyche was a central Neoplatonic allegory in the Renaissance, representing the human soul's journey toward divine union. The Three Graces were interpreted by thinkers like Marsilio Ficino as a triad reflecting the cycle of divine grace—giving, receiving, and returning beauty and love.
Marsilio Ficino
Ficino's Neoplatonic commentaries popularized the interpretation of the Three Graces as the triad of Beauty, Love, and Pleasure.
Apuleius
His work 'The Golden Ass' is the primary literary source for the narrative of Cupid and Psyche depicted in this cycle.
Object
Oil on panel
mythological
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artworkwga QS:P11807,"r/raphael/5roma/4a/19farnes"
958 × 800 px
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