A GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES - AGLAIA EUPHROSYNE AND THALIA WITH CUPIDO

Description:

Closter Veilsdorf or Volkstedt, circa 1780
H. 22,5 cm
Modelled by Johann Friedrich Franz Kotta (?). Marbled plinth, without mark. Heavily restored.
Jan Ahlers Collection
In 1778, a ‘group with 3 graces’ is mentioned in one of Kotta's labour accounts (see Peters 1991, p. 52)