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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.168
People
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American (Dublin, Ireland 1848 - 1907 Cornish, NH)
Title
Head of Diana
Other Titles
Former Title: Diana, Second Weathervane Version: Bronze Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1908
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228104

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
24.8 x 17.2 x 23.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Monogram on front, below neck: A St G, Signed Date: 1908
  • inscription: Inscribed on proper left side, above base: Copyright MCMVIII by A.H. Saint-Gaudens

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Thaddeus C. De Friez, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Thaddeus C. DeFriez
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.168
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, p. 366
  • Jeanne L. Wasserman, ed., Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 211, p. 213, no. 43
  • Suzanne Hinman, The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New York, Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, New York, 2019), p. 304

Exhibition History

  • Metamorphoses in 19th-Century Sculpture, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/19/1975 - 01/07/1976
  • Touched with Nobility: Portrait Sculpture of American Women by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), Rodney Armstrong, Boston, 01/01/1984 - 01/31/1984
  • Diana in Late Nineteenth Century Sculpture: A Theme in Variations, Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 11/03/1989 - 12/31/1989; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 02/07/1990 - 03/25/1990; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, 04/08/1990 - 06/03/1990

Verification Level

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