The present spiralling figure is a variation on Giambologna's Florence Triumphant over Pisa commissioned from the artist by Grand Duke Francesco de' Medici in the 1570's. In Giambologna's group the female figure of Florence kneels on the back of the captive male figure of Pisa, replaced in the present marble by a large urn. The inclusion of an urn, however, does also find precedent in Giambologna's Venus of the Grotticella. As an attribute, the urn can also be associated with Pandora, who allowed the evils of the world to escape when she opened the vessel. This version is an interesting tribute to the Mannerist master, finely carved in marble and imaginatively adapted to the eclectic 19th century taste. The present nymph was reputedly acquired by King Gustav III in Italy and later presented to the cook of the Operakällaren restaurant in Stockholm.