Nymph drying her hair

Louis Claude Vassé

Date

1761–63

Type

Wall fountain

Medium

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

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1971.205

Credit

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