Knitting
Thomas Eakins
model 1881, cast 1967
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (oval): 46.99 × 37.78 × 8.26 cm (18 1/2 × 14 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Casting [1967] made from plaster owned by the Gallery)
Accession Number
2014.136.263
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...