Nymph
Nymph is a bronze sculpture, by Aristide Maillol. It was modeled in 1930, and cast in 1953, it is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In the tradition of the Three Graces in Ancient Roman sculpture, and The Three Graces, by Antonio Canova, it shows serenity, in contrast to his contemporary, Auguste Rodin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork by Aristide Maillol
- Also known as: “Nymph (Central Figure for ‘The Three Nymphs’)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Nymph.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Nymph.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Waterfront.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Nymph
- Categories: statue and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88889° or 38° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.02245° or 77° 1′ 21″ westOpen location code
87C4VXQH+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 917753377OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q7071180
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Nymph” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال حوريه”
- French: “Nymph (Central Figure for ‘The Three Graces’)”
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