Renaissance · National Gallery of Art · 128494

Seated Nymph

Antico, 1503

The sculpture depicts a seated woman. Her upper body is turned slightly to the left, with her left leg crossed over her right. Her right arm is by her thigh, while the other is stretched out behind her, resting on the object she sits on. She is nude except for a cloth that drapes over her legs and waist. Her head is turned to the left, and her curly hair is tied back in a bun. Her hair and the cloth draped over her are both colored in bright gold, while the rest of the sculpture is dark brown. The sculpture is placed on a round brown base.

National Gallery of Art · National Gallery of Art, Washington · Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection · CC0 · Public domain

Artist: Antico
Date: 1503
Medium: bronze with mercury gilding on the drapery and hair and silvering and silver foil in the eyes
Dimensions: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Era: Renaissance

Why it matters

Seated Nymph, dated 1503, is catalogued by National Gallery of Art as a work in bronze with mercury gilding on the drapery and hair and silvering and silver foil in the eyes. The museum attributes the work to Antico. The recorded dimensions are 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.

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