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| Keywords: Susse Frères - Mysterious and Veiled Nature Reveals Herself Before Science - Walters 71444.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Susse Frères Barrias who was noted for his female allegorical figures produced a nude version of this subject in white marble for the Faculty of Medicine at Bordeaux in 1893 Six years later responding to the renewed interest in multicolored sculpture inspired by ancient Greek accounts he exhibited at the Paris Salon such a statue of Nature that was partially draped It was made of red and gold onyx malachite and lapis lazuli This highly decorative smaller replica of the 1899 statue was issued by the foundry Susse Frères the same year A final version in white marble made in 1902 was acquired by the École de Medicine in Paris 1899 ivory gilt and oxidixed silver malachite cm 43 2 accession number 71 444 27766 Susse Frères Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1900 Signature E Barrias Foundry Mark Susse Frères editeurs Paris To Arrest the Ravages of Time Caring for Art at the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 Degas and the Little Dancer Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1998-1999 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license La Nature se dévoilant à la Science Susse Frères Collections of the Walters Art Museum 1899 sculptures Ivory sculptures Nude sculptures Dancers with veil in art Statues of dancers | ||||
