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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Kenyon Cox American
1887, replica 1908
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 764
Cox and Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) met in Paris in the 1870s and exchanged portraits in 1887—an oil painting for a bronze relief. The original canvas was lost in Saint-Gaudens’s 1904 studio fire, so Cox created this replica for The Met’s 1908 memorial exhibition of the sculptor’s work. Saint-Gaudens is shown in his New York studio, modeling in clay a portrait of the artist William Merritt Chase. A bronze likeness of the sculptor’s son, Homer, hangs on the wall (05.15.2). Cox echoed his friend’s portrait reliefs by showing him in profile.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
  • Artist: Kenyon Cox (American, Warren, Ohio 1856–1919 New York)
  • Date: 1887, replica 1908
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 47 1/8 in. (85.1 x 119.7 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of friends of the artist, through August F. Jaccaci, 1908
  • Object Number: 08.130
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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