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Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer (Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden plaque with a bronze relief portrait. The relief is rectangular and narrow, with a sunburst-patterned arch at the top and a leaf-like pattern at the bottom. The bronze relief portrait depicts a woman's head and shoulders in profile, facing left. She has short curly hair and wears a high-necked garment. The bronze relief has a beaded border. There is small text at the top and bottom of the bronze relief. The wooden plaque has a dark brown wood grain. The background of the image is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
1888, cast 1890
Medium
Bronze
Culture
American
Dimensions
500 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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