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Study of portrait bust of nymph Clytie
Study of portrait bust of nymph Clytie

Study of portrait bust of nymph Clytie

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Object Details

Title:
Study of portrait bust of nymph Clytie
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
White pastel on black paper
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 5 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso in graphite]: from VO's / plaster / of "Clytie" / (greco-roman)The marble bust is in the British Museum and now identified as bust of a young woman, possibly the younger Antonia. Long identified as the nymph Clytie.

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