Rosalie Olin Warner--at age eleven months

Object Details

Artist

Olin Levi Warner, born Suffield, CT 1844-died New York City 1896

Sitter

Rosalie Warner

Rosalie Warner

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Olin Warner modeled this bust of his eleven-month-old daughter Rosalie in May 1888, while he was waiting for the bronze and granite work of a fountain commission to be finished. It was his first portrait of a child and the acclaim he received for it led to commissions for other children’s portraits.

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“Mr. Olin Warner has amused himself, during the intervals of more important work upon the fountain he has designed for Portland, Oregon, in modeling the head of an infant, in clay . . . He has never done anything more successful, there is a serious charm about this work which makes it akin to the cherubs of Della Robbia and Verocchio.” The Studio, August 1888

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carlyle Jones

1888

Object number

1974.88.32

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Medium

marble

Dimensions

10 5/8 x 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (27.0 x 24.8 x 16.8 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Portrait female\bust

Portrait female\child

Record ID

saam_1974.88.32

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70ecf0d2b-ac67-4a5a-9a5c-b6ce58b23e91