Three Women with Parasols (), also known as The Three Graces, is an 1880 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Marie Bracquemond. The painting depicts three women wearing the then fashionable style of ruffled dresses with high bodices.Geffroy, Gustave (1919). "Marie Bracquemond, 1841–1916". In Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, dessins et eaux-fortes de Marie Bracquemond. Bernheim-Jeune. pp. 3–9. The woman in the middle holds a fan in the popular style of Japonisme. Marie's half-sister Louise Quivoron was the model for the two figures on each side while Bracquemond based the central figure on her own likeness. Bracquemond produced several studies for the work, and one may have been shown in 1886 at the eighth Impressionist exhibition.Becker, Jane R. (2017). "Marie Bracquemond, Impressionist Innovator: Escaping the Fury". In Laurence Madeline (ed.) Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900. Yale University Press. p. 62. . The work is often known by the moniker of The Three Graces, referring to the three goddesses of the Charites (the Gratiae or "Graces") from Roman mythology who appear as a common theme in Western art. Art historians refer to the painting as one of the most impressionistic works Bracquemond produced during this period. French art critic Gustave Geffroy was so taken with the work that he purchased it from Bracquemond and hung it in the Luxembourg Palace.Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Kane, Elizabeth (1984–1985). "Marie Bracquemond." Woman's Art Journal. 5(2): 21–27. The work was received by the Musée du Luxembourg through the bequest of Geffroy in 1926, where it appeared for the next ten years. In 1936, it was moved to Chemillé City Hall where it stayed until 2013 when it was acquired by the Musée d’Orsay.Kagawa, Kyoko (2021). "Marie Bracquemond's On the Terrace at Sevres: An Impressionist Painter's Point of Departure". Ishibashi Foundation Bulletin. Artizon Museum. 2: 119–123.
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