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Sculptor:
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907  Search this
Subject:
Chapin, Samuel  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 19.5.1
Date:
1883-1886. Cast 1899
Notes:
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Image on file.
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 411.
(On base, front:) THE - PVRITAN (On base top, proper left edge:) AVGVSTVS - SAINT GAVDENS (On base top, rear edge:) COPYRIGHT - BY/AVGVSTVS - SAINT-GAUDENS/- M - D - C - C - C - X - C - I - X signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Full-length standing portrait of Deacon Samuel Chapin (ca. 1598-1675) wearing a cape and holding a cane and a book.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this
Religion--Puritan  Search this
History--United States--Colonization  Search this
Dress--Historic--Seventeenth Century Dress  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77001692
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_12725