Personification of the River Nile
Object type: Group
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Rome
Artist: Giovanni Volpato
Artist bio: Italian, Bassano 1732–1803 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1785–95
Medium: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 11 7/8 × 23 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (30.2 × 58.7 × 29.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Purchase, The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gift, 2001
Accession year: 2001
Tags: Boys|Men|Sphinx|Crocodiles