AFTER THE ANTIQUE: A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN CARVED CARRARA MARBLE FIGURE OF A NYMPH the reclining figure scooping water from a pool with a shell, on an integral oval plinth, 36cm high  x 40cm wide Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from Christie’s 6 July 2008, The Sunday sale: The Langford Hall Collection, Nottinghamshire – Property of the late Mr & Mrs Patrick Radford.  Related Literature: Haskell and Penny, 'Taste and the Antique' p.281 No. 67. This marble is derived from the ancient marble nymph first recorded in 1638 and purchased by Napoleon in 1807. It is now in the Louvre, Paris.