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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Sleeping Nymph

Statuette
1600-1700 (cast)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This figure was produced in a number of variants. The Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici sent one from Florence to his brother Ferdinando, who was then a cardinal in Rome.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSleeping Nymph (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, bronze, a Sleeping Nymph, after a model by Giambologna, Italian (Florence), 1600-1700
Physical description
Semi-nude nymph sleeping on a chaise-longe, her head and body supported by tasselled pillows.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
  • Length: 32.5cm
  • Weight: 7.800kg
  • Weight: 7.78kg
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dr W.L. Hildburgh, FSA
Object history
Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., 1956.
Subject depicted
Summary
This figure was produced in a number of variants. The Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici sent one from Florence to his brother Ferdinando, who was then a cardinal in Rome.
Bibliographic references
  • Binnebeke, Emile van. Bronze sculpture : sculpture from 1500-1800 in the collection of the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum. Rotterdam : Het Museum, 1994, pp.80-81, cat. no. 17.
  • Avery, Charles, Jean Bologne: La Belle Endormie, exh. cat., Galerie Piltzer, Paris, 2000, esp. p. 56, cat. no. A2
Collection
Accession number
A.75-1956

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2004
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