Undine Rising from the Fountain

Artist:Chauncey Bradley Ives (American, 1810 – 1894)

Date:modeled ca. 1880-82

Medium:Marble

Dimensions:

Overall: 50 5/8 x 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (128.6 x 32.4 x 40 cm)

Description: This is a marble sculpture of a young woman, Undine, as she reaches up toward heaven out of the waters to receive her immortal soul. She is well proportioned and the fabric with which she is draped even appears to be wet, since it clings so closely to her form. She stands on tiptoe just touching the marble carved waters. She holds the cloth above her head and as it drapes down from her hands to her head, the marble is sculpted so thin at this juncture that, translucent light can be see through the carved marble.