The Puritan
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1883–86, cast 1899 or after
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
30 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 13 in. (77.5 x 47 x 33 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
Accession Number
39.65.53
Tags
Men
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...