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The sculpture depicts a seated figure of a woman wearing a turban-like headpiece. She holds a scepter in her right hand and her left hand is open. She wears a robe that covers her feet and holds an open book. The figure is seated on a throne with decorative elements. The sculpture is made of dark bronze with an aged patina. It is presented frontally and centrally.
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The sculpture depicts a seated figure of a woman wearing a turban-like headpiece. She holds a scepter in her right hand and her left hand is open. She wears a robe that covers her feet and holds an open book. The figure is seated on a throne with decorative elements. The sculpture is made of dark bronze with an aged patina. It is presented frontally and centrally.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Alma Mater (Columbia University)

Daniel Chester French

Date
model 1900-1903, cast c. 1907
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall with base: 24.13 × 16.51 × 15.24 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Small Bronze
Accession number
2015.19.3741
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Anonymous gift in memory of Helen Minshall, 1955)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Sculpture
  • cast
  • full figure seated
  • figure
  • Figure
Provenance

Gift 1955 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Inscription

on rear of base, lower left: GORHAM CO FOUNDERS Q75; on right side of base: D.C. FRENCH SC. / COPYRIGHTED

Marks

FM: Gorham Manufacturing Co.

NGA object ID 177265. 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.