Nymphe et Enfant Soufflant Dans une Conque Marine - Versailles, France - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This 1689 bronze sculpture is entitled "Nymphe et Enfant Soufflant Dans une Conque Marine" or in English "Nymph and Child Blowing into a Conch Shell". It depicts a woman laying on her right side, barebreasted with a cloth covering her waist. She props herself up with her right arm as she looks to the distance. She holds a chart in her right hand. She wears a laurel...made perhaps with seaweed? Her left arm reaches casually toward a young child standing behind her blowing into a conch shell. The artists are Laurent Magnier (1615-1700) & Balthasar Keller (1638-1702).


In Greek mythology, Nymphs were considered devine spirits...who lived in mountains and groves and led lifestyles free of the strict moral code demanded of real women at the time. This nymph seems to be more of a marine spirit. Read more about them at (visit link)

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: c. 800 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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