Collections: American Art: A Madonna

A Madonna

Artist: William Ordway Partridge, American, 1861-1930
Medium: Marble
Dates: ca. 1890
Dimensions: 25 x 24 x 16 in. (63.5 x 61 x 40.6 cm)
Inscriptions: Written in pencil under proper right armpit: "[W.O.] Partridge [in script]" / W. ORDWAY PARTRID / [GE]"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 00.158
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Peabody
Image: Overall, 00.158_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Bust-length statue of a idealized woman with her head tipped downward; her eyes are closed and she has a solemn expression; wears hood covering her head and falling down back, and a loose, double-layered garment wrapped around her body with V-shaped opening at chest. Condition: Good