Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1887, replica 1908
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
33 1/2 x 47 1/8 in. (85.1 x 119.7 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of friends of the artist, through August F. Jaccaci, 1908
Accession Number
08.130
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the striking portrait *Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Kenyon Cox, an oil on canvas masterpiece from1887, with a replica completed in 1908. Captured at dimensions of 33½ × 47⅛ inches, this work resides in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum Art, a gift from the artist's friends via August F. Jacc that same year. Cox, a prominent American painter, immortalizes fellow artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens highlighting the camaraderie and mutual admiration among late 19th-century creative luminaries. Painted during the Gilded Age, when portraiture flourished as a means to celebrate cultural he...
About the Artist
Kenyon Cox · 1856–1919
Kenyon Cox (1856–1919) was born on October 27 in Warren, Ohio, to General Jacob Dolson Cox, a prominent politician and Civil War veteran, and Helen Finney Cox. Despite fragile health, young Cox pursued art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati before advancing to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1877, he traveled to Paris, studying first under Carolus-Duran, then at the Éco...