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Naiad Supporting a Shell on her Head

Joseph-Charles Marin

1793

Medium

Pale buff terracotta coated with a brownish-yellow varnish

Tags

Female Nudes Nymphs Shells

Dimensions

Height: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); Height (removed base): 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph-Charles Marin

1759–1834 • France

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