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Nymph drying her hair
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Nymph: white marble: base basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze with remains of gilding
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund 1971
Title: Nymph drying her hair
Description:
Nymph: white marble: base basin and console: gray-veined marble; serpents: bronze with remains of gilding.
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