Chemin des Sculptures
Monaco-Ville

Nymphe Salmacis

  • Artist : François Joseph BOSIO
  • Creation date : XIXe siècle
  • Materials : Bronze with green patina
  • Collection : État/NMNM
It is perhaps François-Joseph Bosio’s best-known work. Classically inspired and wearing a flower garland on her head, this naiad with an expressionless face and pure, youthful lines, is sitting by water. She is also known by the title The Nymph Salmacis Emerging from the Bath. The marble stat...