Winners of the “Three Graces” Competition for Emerging Medallion Artists Announced - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

On 19 December 2019, together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst e.V. and the Numismatische Gesellschaft zu Berlin e. V., the Münzkabinett announced a prize for an artistic medallion on the theme of “The Three Graces”.

Depicting the “Three Graces” Through the Ages

The Charites have generally been depicted as beautiful, mostly naked young women. In the Hellenistic period, an unknown sculptor depicted them as a group of three: two facing forward, and the third standing before them in...