A set of life-size freestanding marble sculptures of three mythological goddesses created as a group by one sculptor.

JUNO (on the far left)
Joseph Nollekens. 1776. Marble, 54 3/4 inches high.
The goddess stands erect on a waist-high pedestal, her head bearing a crown, and tilted slightly backward with an air of nobility. As she looks towards her left shoulder, she grasps the folds of her thick garment in both hands just below the waist and swings her arms out toward the right as she begins unfastening her dress. Although still clothed, her right breast is bared.

MINERVA (on the far right)
Joseph Nollekens. 1775. Marble, 56 11/16 inches high.
Minerva stands with her left hand placed on her shield that rests on the ground. A medallion on the shield featuring the carved head of Medusa is just coming into view beneath the folds of her robe. With her right hand she lifts the visor of her war helmet, revealing her composed face. Her left leg is visible in detail, as though the marble of her garment were transparent.

VENUS (in the center)
Joseph Nollekens. 1773. Marble, 48 13/16 inches high.
Depicted nude, Venus bends forward and glances right while resting against a tree trunk to remove one remaining sandal. Her flesh of milky-white marble is smooth and her limbs are shaped with a soft grace, all in contrast to the wavy pattern of her hair, gnarled texture of the tree trunk, and the intricate detail of the straps of her discarded sandal.

The label for all three sculptures reads: These sculptures were made to accompany an antique statue of the shepherd Paris. According to the myth of the Judgment of Paris, the shepherd had to declare one of three goddesses to be the most beautiful. Each figure is shown in a different state of undress: Minerva (goddess of wisdom and warfare) removes her helmet; Juno (goddess of marriage) unfastens her dress; while Venus (goddess of beauty and winner of the contest) is nude except for the one sandal that she is removing.