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Naiad

Also known as: Naiad; primary name: Naiad
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Female
Biography: One of the three main classes of water nymphs - the others being the Nereids (nymphs of the Mediterranean Sea) and the Oceanids (nymphs of the oceans). The Naiads preside over rivers, streams, brooks, springs, fountains, lakes, ponds, wells, and marshes. They are divided into various subclasses: Crinaeae (fountains), Pegaeae (springs), Eleionomae (marshes), Potameides (rivers), and Limnades or Limnatides (lakes). Roman sources even assigned custody of the rivers of Hades to Naiads classified as Nymphae Infernae Paludis or the Avernales; for male 'water nymphs'/personifications of Rivers, use 'river god' (q.v.)

13 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.30 |
Producer name: BIOG196818 Attributed to:Vincenzo Pacetti |
Production date: 1775 -1805

print

Title: Naiade |
Museum number: 1865,0708.875 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico MarchettiAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Fountain-Nymph |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6085 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Callio RoffeAfter:James Sherwood Westmacott |
Production date: 1861 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Naiade |
Museum number: 1865,0708.874 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelo BertiniAfter:Antonio Canova |
Production date: 1816

print

Museum number: 1972,U.220.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1650-1677 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: A naiad |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2709 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: A naiad |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2708 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: A Sea Goddess, Piazza della Signoria, Florence |
Museum number: 1916,0310.6 |
Producer name: BIOG27296 Print made by:Alfred Hugh Fisher |
Production date: 1913

print

Title: The Naiad's Home |
Museum number: 1951,1009.22 |
Producer name: BIOG28477 Print made by:Percival Gaskell |
Production date: 1883-1934

print

Title: Die Quellnymphe |
Museum number: 1924,1129.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48335 Print made by:Hans Thoma |
Production date: 1897

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Naiads. |
Museum number: 1894,0417.236 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter LightfootAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1833

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Naiads. |
Museum number: 1926,0331.376 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter LightfootAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Nepthune et Thetis |
Museum number: 1891,0414.859 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Jakob Schmutzer |
Production date: 1790