The Nile

Maker Unknown, French, 18th Century after a model by Jacques Buirette (1631-1699)

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Date1800-1900

Mediumbronze

Dimensions9 × 17 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (22.9 × 44.5 × 21.6 cm.)

DescriptionA reclinining male figure.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number11.48

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