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Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)
Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)
Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view02.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view02.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view03.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view03.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view04.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view04.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view05.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view05.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view06.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view06.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_noneg_print_bw.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_noneg_print_bw.jpg)

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Figure of a Nymph

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Egypto-Roman
MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • DATES 100–395 C.E.
    PERIOD Late Roman Period (possibly)
    DIMENSIONS 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.392
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small bronze figure of a nymph or nereid terminating at lower part in fish (or floral ?) form. Right arm held to hair. Probably the handle of a bronze vessel. Condition: Good. Light green patina. Metal in sound condition. Most of left arm missing. Details on rear base show object is broken presumably from a vessel.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Nymph, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.392_view01.jpg., 2020
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    Egypto-Roman. <em>Figure of a Nymph</em>, 100–395 C.E. Bronze, 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (6.5 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.392. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.392_view01.jpg)

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