Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Plaquette
Object Number:
INV.4624
Date:
1937
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 x 2 1/4 x 9/16 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.4 cm )
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 13/16 x 1/4 in. ( 6.3 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, at lower left of field: "MCM JF[in circle]XXXIV"
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Inscription: reverse, scratched at top center: "S.T. SHAW"
Inscription: inside cover, in black: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze struck plaquette with obverse showing clothed bust of Saint-Gaudens facing left with inscription above: "AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS/STATUAIRE AETATISLVI." Reverse contains inscription: "IN.HONOR.../OF.AN.AMERICAN/SCVLPTOR.../AVGVSTVS SAINT/GAVDENS.../SCVLPTORS.DINNER.OF.THE/MEDALLIC.ART.COMPANY.N.Y/APRIL.IX.MCMXXXVII." Medal is inset into burgundy red cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
