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Sleeping Nymph
Sculptor: Tacca, Ferdinando
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast. The nude is shown reclining seductively on a rocky outcrop, over which her discarded drapery has been cast. Her head is cushioned on her left arm, which has been brought up under it; her right arm is brought across her pubic area so that her hand rests on her left thigh, its elegantly attentuated fingers playing with a part of the drapery.
History note: Peel and Humphris, Bond Street, London
Bought with the M.L. Horn Fund.
Height: 8.9 cm
Length: 17 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1961) by Peel and Humphris
17th Century, Mid#
Circa
1630
CE
-
1660
CE
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast
Accession number: M.1-1961
Primary reference Number: 13956
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1961
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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