Harvard Art Museums > 1923.36: Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer (1851-1934) 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"Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer (1851-1934) (Augustus Saint-Gaudens) , 1923.36,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231452. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1923.36 People Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American (Dublin, Ireland 1848 - 1907 Cornish, NH) Title Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer (1851-1934) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1888 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231452 Physical Descriptions Medium Coated plaster Technique Relief Dimensions 52.7 x 20 x 4.5 cm (20 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: At top, above head: "Animus non Opus" Rt. center: MDCCCLXXXVIII. At bottom: To Mariana Griswold/van Rensselaer/Augustus/Saint-Gaudens [design of 3 flowers in a row] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1888. Gift to Mariana Griswold van Rensselaer, 1888. Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1923. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer Accession Year 1923 Object Number 1923.36 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 Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C, 1969), no. 35 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, pp. 365, pl. XIII John M. Hunisak, Castings, Casts and Replicas: Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from Europe and America in New England Collections, exh. cat., Middlebury College Museum of Art (Middlebury, VT, 1994), pp. 139-140, reproduced p. 139, fig. 50 Mary Warner Blanchard, Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Age, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1998), repr. p. 183, fig. 137 Exhibition History Carvings, Casts, & Replicas: nineteenth-century sculpture from Europe & America in New England collections, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 09/22/1994 - 12/11/1994 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
