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Louise Adele Dickerson Gould

1904
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
In his final of three portraits of Louise Adele Gould (1856-1883), Saint-Gaudens extended the sitter’s shoulders and terminated the bust with a horizontal line in the manner of quattrocento portraits by the likes of Francesco Laurana and Mino da Fiesole. The bust is mounted on a variegated yellow marble base of Italian origin. Gould believed this likeness of his late wife was "the most beautiful of the three designs," and lent it to the Saint-Gaudens memorial exhibition held at the Metropolitan in 1908 (he served on the exhibition organizing committee). When Gould became a trustee of the Museum in 1915, he donated the other two marble portraits of Louise Gould (15.105.1; 15.105.2), but retained this one until his death in 1931.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Louise Adele Dickerson Gould
  • Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)
  • Carver: Carved by Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studio (active 1893–1946)
  • Date: 1904
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 17 x 4 1/2 in., 88lb. (41.9 x 43.2 x 11.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles W. Gould, 1931
  • Object Number: 32.62.1
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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