Harvard Art Museums > 1961.168: Head of Diana Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head of Diana (Augustus Saint-Gaudens) , 1961.168,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228104. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1961.168 People Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American (Dublin, Ireland 1848 - 1907 Cornish, NH) Title Head of Diana Other Titles Former Title: Diana, Second Weathervane Version: Bronze Head Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1908 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228104 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Dimensions 24.8 x 17.2 x 23.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Monogram on front, below neck: A St G, Signed Date: 1908 inscription: Inscribed on proper left side, above base: Copyright MCMVIII by A.H. Saint-Gaudens Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mrs. Thaddeus C. De Friez, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Thaddeus C. DeFriez Accession Year 1961 Object Number 1961.168 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History H. Wade White, "Nineteenth Century American Sculpture at Harvard, a Glance at the Collection", Harvard Library Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, October 1970), vol. XVIII, no. 4, p. 366 Jeanne L. Wasserman, ed., Metamorphoses in Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 211, p. 213, no. 43 Suzanne Hinman, The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New York, Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, New York, 2019), p. 304 Exhibition History Metamorphoses in 19th-Century Sculpture, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/19/1975 - 01/07/1976 Touched with Nobility: Portrait Sculpture of American Women by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), Rodney Armstrong, Boston, 01/01/1984 - 01/31/1984 Diana in Late Nineteenth Century Sculpture: A Theme in Variations, Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 11/03/1989 - 12/31/1989; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 02/07/1990 - 03/25/1990; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, 04/08/1990 - 06/03/1990 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
