La Jeunesse

Herbert Adams American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 769


Adams is one of few nineteenth-century American sculptors known to have experimented with polychromy and the use of mixed media in single works. La Jeunesse, an allegory of youth, integrates artistic practices of Renaissance Italy that were in turn inspired by ancient Greece. It reflects a taste for polychrome sculpture in France that Adams observed during his academic training in Paris.

La Jeunesse, Herbert Adams (American, West Concord, Vermont 1858–1945 New York), Applewood, marble, paste jewels, and twisted wire, American

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La Jeunesse, Herbert Adams (American, West Concord, Vermont 1858–1945 New York), Applewood, marble, paste jewels, and twisted wire, American
La Jeunesse, Herbert Adams (American, West Concord, Vermont 1858–1945 New York), Applewood, marble, paste jewels, and twisted wire, American
La Jeunesse, Herbert Adams (American, West Concord, Vermont 1858–1945 New York), Applewood, marble, paste jewels, and twisted wire, American

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