Diana
1893–94, cast 1894 or after
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
28 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 14 in. (71.8 x 41.3 x 35.6 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985
Accession Number
1985.353
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold Augustus Saint-Gaudens's bronze sculpture *Diana* (1893–94, cast 1894 or), a exquisite 28-inch-tall figure poised in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.ed by Lincoln Kirstein in 198, this work embodies the Roman goddess of the hunt—nimble and nude, arrow nocked in her bow—capturing a moment of poised grace and mythic power. Saint-Gaud, a leading figure in late 19th-century American, drew from classical antiquity to celebrate feminine strength and beauty. Created during the Gilded Age, when Beaux-Arts ideals flourished in the United States, *Diana* reflects the era's fa...
About the Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1848–1907
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) was an Irish-born American sculptor widely regarded as the greatest American sculptor of the nineteenth century. Born in Dublin to a French father and Irish mother, he was brought to New York City as an infant. He trained as a cameo cutter, studied at the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, and then traveled to Paris, where he studied at the École de...