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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