Study for "Science Instructing Industry"
Kenyon Cox
1898
Medium
Graphite on off-white laid paper; mounted on Egyptian linen
Dimensions
14 11/16 x 20 1/4 in. (37.3 x 51.4 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Francis Lathrop Fund, 1950
Accession Number
50.101.1
Tags
Female Nudes
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...