World’s Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal
Augustus Saint-Gaudens|Charles E. Barber
1892–94; cast by 1896
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification
Medal
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Funds from various donors, 2018
Accession Number
2018.370
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...