Statuette of the Water Nymph (emblematic), in bronze, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Unknown
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 15
A Statuette in bronze, representing a nude Female sitting on a rock, with a shell containing water in her right hand. [P. 28; engraving on p. 28 depicts a seated female figure attired in a diaphanous robe, gazing into a shell which she holds in one hand.]
The Cosmopolitan Art Association Illustrated Catalogue. 1854. For the Encouragement and General Diffusion of Literature & Art. W.H. Tineon, Stereotyper, 21 Beekman Street. John A. Gray, Printer, 97 Cliff Street. Address: Knickerbocker Office, 348 Broadway, New York; or, 166 Water St., Sandusky. A Descriptive Catalogue of Statuary, Bronze Statuettes and Oil Paintings, to be allotted to Members of the Cosmopolitan Art Association, at the Annual Distribution, in January, 1854.
1876
Control number
AECI 02370015
Type
Sculptures
Exhibition Catalogs
Medium
Bronze
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Nymph
Figure female--Nude
Recreation--Leisure--Eating & Drinking
Record ID
siris_aeci_46794
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