Nymphe Anchyrrhoé at the Lourve museum, Paris

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This figure was originally described in the seventeenth century as standing outside the castle of Ecouen, holding a modern rudder in his right hand and symbolizing an allegory of Fortune. In 1793, it underwent restoration to its current state and was relocated to the gardens of Versailles, where it joined the Louvre by 1802. The work is a reproduction of a Greek Hellenistic original known through other Roman copies, including one housed at Ince Blundell Hall that bears an inscription identifying it as Anchyrrhoé. This design was also used to represent Terpsichore, the muse of dance.