Woman Bathing, Braiding her Hair
Makerattributed to
Barthélemy Prieur
(French, 1536 - 1611)
Maker
Unknown
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1600
Mediumbronze
Dimensionsheight: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.)
DescriptionNude figure of a woman seated on the trunk of a tree, which is covered with drapery, her right leg crossed over left. A kerchief is bound across her forehead. She braids her hair, which falls in two plaits over her shoulders, and looks towards the left.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number17.16
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.26