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1898·Ivory, lapis lazuli, marble, bloodstone, bronze, silver alloy, gold, translucent enamels, wood·16 1/8 in. height (41 cm) x 8 3/8 in. width (21.3 cm.) x 8 1/4 in. depth (21 cm.)

Purchase, Heather and Brian McVeigh and David Schwartz Foundation Inc. Gifts, 2015

Catalogue

Year: 1898
Medium: Ivory, lapis lazuli, marble, bloodstone, bronze, silver alloy, gold, translucent enamels, wood
Dimensions: 16 1/8 in. height (41 cm) x 8 3/8 in. width (21.3 cm.) x 8 1/4 in. depth (21 cm.)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Frederick MacMonnies

Artist

Frederick MacMonnies

Sculpture

Frederick William MacMonnies was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist. He was born in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York and died in New York City.

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