Samuel
Emma Stebbins
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Marble
DATES
1868
DIMENSIONS
39 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 in., 173 lb. (99.7 × 36.2 × 26.4 cm, 78.47kg) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Inscribed along back edge of base: "EMMA STEBBINS ROME 1868"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed on front edge of base: "SAMUEL"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
80.191a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of James Ricau
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Statue of young boy in contrapposto pose; figure looks upward and is naked except for cloth that he holds in front of abdomen with proper right hand and drapes around back and over left shoulder; proper left hand gestures outward from side of body; figure has chin-length bob of wavy hair; rectangular support behind proper left leg with garland of flowers strung across front; figure stands on square plinth attached to low conforming base.
Condition: Fair; thumb and index finger of proper left hand lost; corners of plinth broken off.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Emma Stebbins (American, 1815–1882). Samuel, 1868. Marble, 39 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 in., 173 lb. (99.7 × 36.2 × 26.4 cm, 78.47kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of James Ricau, 80.191a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.191_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 80.191_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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