Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens, 1882

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Medium

plaster

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 × 25.4 × 3.18 cm (20 × 10 × 1 1/4 in.)

framed: 61.6 × 36.2 × 1.27 cm (24 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Burdette)

Accession Number

2014.136.256

Artists / Makers

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (sculptor) American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

across top of relief: TO MY FRIEND DOCTOR HENRY SCHIFF . THIS PORTRAIT / OF MY SON HOMER SCHIFF SAINT-GAUDENS AT THE / AGE OF SEVENTEEN MONTHS AUGUSTUS SAINT / GAUDENS . NEW YORK FEBRVARY M·D·C·C·C·L·X· / ·X·X·I·I·

Provenance

Hattie E. Burdette [1872-1955], Washington; gift October 1948 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Burdette, Hattie E. Miss
Corcoran Gallery of Art