World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal
Augustus Saint-Gaudens|Charles E. Barber
1892–94, cast by 1896
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification
Medal
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1995
Accession Number
1995.4
Tags
Christopher Columbus
About the Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens|Charles E. Barber · 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...