Title: Naiad Supporting a Shell on her Head
Object type: Statuette
Date: 1793
Artist:  Joseph-Charles Marin 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1759–1834 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pale buff terracotta coated with a brownish-yellow varnish
Dimensions: Height: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); Height (removed base): 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Female Nudes, term: Nymphs, term: Shells