La Nymphe, Bronze statue in Carrousel Garden, France
La Nymphe is a bronze statue by Aristide Maillol showing a nude female archer reaching back to draw an arrow from her quiver. It stands about 1.55 metres high and 0.62 metres wide in the Carrousel Garden, the western part of the Tuileries Gardens beside the Louvre.
Aristide Maillol made this bronze archer in 1930, the year of his death, and it was placed in the Carrousel Garden. The figure draws an arrow from her quiver, a subject Maillol had treated since around 1900 in marble and plaster versions. The bronze entered the Tuileries collection through the national sculpture holdings displayed in the gardens.
The archer is a female figure, a nymph of Diana's hunt, and Maillol gave her a compact, heavy-limbed body rather than a slender classical build. The bronze stands in the Carrousel Garden among the Tuileries sculptures, where visitors pass it on the walk between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde.
The statue is located in the Carrousel Garden, which is part of the Tuileries Gardens and remains accessible year-round. Visitors can easily reach the work since the area is near the Louvre Museum and is easy to explore on foot.
The work was created by Maillol, who was known for his reduced style that stripped forms down to their essential elements. This simplification makes the statue instantly recognizable and distinguishes it from the more detailed sculptural traditions of the 19th century.
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