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Amor Caritas

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Amor Caritas

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Date
model 1880-1898, cast by 1905
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 102.24 × 45.72 × 12.07 cm (40 1/4 × 18 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Small Bronze
Accession number
2014.136.254
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1942)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • cast
  • Acquired after publication of European [and American] Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century
Provenance

Collection of the artist; purchased 1905 by Franklin MacVeagh [1837-1934], Chicago;[1] probably by inheritance to his son, Eames MacVeagh [1871-1948], Chicago; purchased 1942 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] The artist's Income Account Journal, 1896-1908, entry for 9 November 1905 (Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Manuscript ML-4, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire).

NGA object ID 177014. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.