Samuel Nelson
Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
(American, 1848-1907)
Date1873
MediumMarble cameo-style relief, oval shape
DimensionsImage: 21 1/2 × 17 7/8 in. (54.6 × 45.4 cm)
Frame: 28 × 24 × 4 in. (71.1 × 61 × 10.2 cm)
Frame: 28 × 24 × 4 in. (71.1 × 61 × 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN5372
Though he was born in Dublin, Saint-Gaudens is considered one of America's greatest sculptors. He was given the honor by President Theodore Roosevelt of redesigning the twenty-dollar "double eagle" gold piece, which is still considered the most beautiful American coin ever produced. In the late 1870s, he began work on a long series of bas-relief portraits that revealed his mastery of modeling and line. Samuel Nelson (1792-1873) was a notable American jurist appointed by President Tyler as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court in 1845.
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