Italian bronze figure of a sleeping nymph

An image of Sleeping Nymph. Italian. Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, height 14.7cm, width 8.8cm, length 15.0cm, circa 1500-1525.

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Sleeping Nymph. Italian. Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, height 14.7cm, width 8.8cm, length 15.0cm, circa 1500-1525.

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Accession Number: M.40-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 980 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 155.01kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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16th Century Department Fitz_AA Italian Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd _WF_Replace _WF_Replaced_OK asleep bronze copper alloy female female nude figure mythological mythology nude nymphs sculpture sleeping sleepy slumber woman

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