Clasped Hands of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning

model 1853

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Associated Names
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Sculptor, American, 1830 - 1908

The artwork depicts a pair of clasped hands of two individuals. The sculpture is made of bronze with a metallic sheen. The hands are intricately detailed, showing the curves and lines of the fingers and palms. Positioned horizontally, the sculpture shows the connection between the two hands, with one hand resting over the other. The bronze material is used.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, United States; gift 2005 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2009-2010, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 4 of chapter "Sculpture and Privacy."

Bibliography

1912

  • Carr, Cornelia, ed. Harriet Hosmer: Letters and Memories. New York, 1912: 92.

1991

  • Sherwood, Dolly. Harriet Hosmer, American Sculptor, 1830-1908. Columbia and London, 1991: 92.

2009

  • Cronin, Patricia. Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found: A Catalogue Raisonné. Milan/New York, 2009: 30-33.

2019

  • Fein, Katherine. "'The Sense of Nearness': Harriet Hosmer's Clasped Hands and the Materials and Bodies of Nineteenth-Century Life Casting." British Art Studies Issue 14 (November 19): https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-14/hosmers-clasped-hands#, NGA version mentioned in footnote 8.

Inscriptions

on the end of the man's hand, in script: HANDS.OF.ROBERT / AND / Elizabeth Barrett Browning / cast By / Harriet Hosmer / Rome 1853; on the end of the woman's hand, in script: Copyright

Wikidata ID

Q63863993

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