Object Details
- Artist
- Edmonia Lewis, born Greenbush (now Rensselaer), NY 1844-died London, England 1907
- Sitter
- Octavian
- Luce Center Label
- Young Octavian, or Augustus, shows the adopted heir of Julius Caesar. It is a copy of a sculpture in the Vatican galleries that dates from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Many artists copied this piece, and it became so popular that tourists could even order reproductions from a catalogue. Edmonia Lewis’s version was considered to be one of the best available, as described by a descendant of one of her patrons: “[It] seemed to all of us the best reproduction of the original then offered by any artist in Rome.”
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
- ca. 1873
- Object number
- 1983.95.180
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- 16 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (42.5 x 21.0 x 15.9 cm.)
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 20A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Ethnic\Italian
- Occupation\other\aristocrat
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1983.95.180
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e285d5e8-d395-4ff4-82c9-4e03bd6d83ef
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