Nymph drying her hair

Nymph drying her hair by Louis Claude Vassé

Medium

Nymph: white marble: base, basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze, with remains of gilding

Dimensions

Height (overall): 8 ft. 6 1/2 in. (260.4 cm); Height (figure): 59 in. (149.9 cm); Height (console): 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm); Height (basin): 71 1/4 in. (181 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1971

Accession Number

1971.205

Tags

Female NudesNymphs

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