Victory (from the Sherman Monument)
Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American (born Ireland), 1848-1907)
Date: Modeled 1902, this cast about 1908
Dimensions:
42 3/4 × 24 × 33 in. (108.6 × 61 × 83.8 cm)
Medium: gilded bronze
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1986.34
Label Text:Derived from ancient Greek sculpture, this winged woman representing Victory strides powerfully forward. She is crowned with laurel leaves, symbolizing victory and achievement. She holds a palm branch, symbol of military victory. This and the American eagle on her chest refer to the specific military accomplishment of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), the Civil War general who led the Union forces in a destructive march across Georgia. This sculpture is a reduced version of the figure from the over-life-size, gilded Sherman Monument in Central Park, New York.
Augustus Saint Gaudens, the leading American sculptor of his day, effectively combined heroic, but realistic, portrait sculpture with generalized figures of ideal beauty inspired by classical art. He frequently made smaller versions of his most popular large figures. This cast, one of nine made, was owned by Saint Gaudens’s widow.
Augustus Saint Gaudens, the leading American sculptor of his day, effectively combined heroic, but realistic, portrait sculpture with generalized figures of ideal beauty inspired by classical art. He frequently made smaller versions of his most popular large figures. This cast, one of nine made, was owned by Saint Gaudens’s widow.
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