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Nymph drying her hair

1761–63
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 549
Vassé's model for this figure was exhibited at the Salon of 1761. The wall fountain was completed between 1761 and 1763 at the behest of the Duc de Chevreuse for the entrance hall of his Château de Dampierre, where it remained until the early twentieth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Nymph drying her hair
  • Artist: Louis Claude Vassé (French, Paris 1716–1772 Paris)
  • Date: 1761–63
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • 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
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.205
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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