Collection/1600s

The Three Graces by Peter Paul Rubens

The Three Graces, goddesses of charm and beauty, embrace in a circle in a landscape. Rubens painted them late in life; the Grace on the left is often said to look like his young second wife, Helena Fourment.

He kept the painting until his death, and King Philip IV of Spain bought it from his estate. Look at the garland of flowers and the fountain above.