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The sculpture depicts a standing woman holding a draped fabric across her body. Her gaze is directed upwards and her face is slightly tilted to the left. One arm holds the long piece of fabric to her torso, while the other rests by her hip and is extended outward. She stands on a rock with a fish-like creature behind her feet. The sculpture is made of white marble and is placed in a light gray archway, resting on a pedestal.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
A Nereid
Attributed to Giuseppe Mazzuoli
- Date
- c. 1705/1715
- Medium
- Carrara marble
- Dimensions
- overall: 204.2 x 91.6 x 60.3 cm (80 3/8 x 36 1/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Statue
- Accession number
- 1952.5.92
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1701 to 1725
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Baroque
- Roman
- European Sculpture 1300-1800
- classical
- mythology
- Nereid
Provenance
La Favorita, Resina and/or Palazzo Reale, Portici (Naples). Private collection, France.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., New York); sold June 1949 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, _Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century_, London, 1976: 83. [2] The Wildenstein invoice to the Kress Foundation for 16 items, including the sculpture, listed as "Thetis" by Jean Lorenzo Bernini, is dated 23 June 1949 (copy in NGA curatorial files).
NGA object ID 41707. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.