The Bather

Richard Edwin Brooks American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

While he was in Paris, Brooks modeled and cast this statuette of a young boy atop a rock bracing himself to gauge the temperature of the water below. The subject is presented in an animated moment, and, in keeping with the artist’s Beaux-Arts training, with a composition of textural contrast among water, rock, and flesh. At the Paris Salon of 1896, Brooks exhibited a plaster statue titled “Ah! C'est froid,” probably the model for a proposed lifesize bronze.

The Bather, Richard Edwin Brooks (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1865–1919 Washington, D.C.), Bronze, American

This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.

The Bather, Richard Edwin Brooks (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1865–1919 Washington, D.C.), Bronze, American
The Bather, Richard Edwin Brooks (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1865–1919 Washington, D.C.), Bronze, American

This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.