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The Greek Epic

American Art

On View: Eastern Parkway Façade
MEDIUM Indiana limestone
DATES 1909
DIMENSIONS Approx. height: 144 in. (365.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 09.937.16
CREDIT LINE Gift of the City of New York, Parks and Recreation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Man with book in left hand, right hand out, palm down.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Eastern Parkway Façade
CAPTION Daniel Chester French (American, 1850–1931). The Greek Epic, 1909. Indiana limestone, Approx. height: 144 in. (365.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the City of New York, Parks and Recreation, 09.937.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, PER_Bulletin_of_the_Brooklyn_Institute_of_Arts_and_Sciences_v1_p529_09.937.16.jpg)
IMAGE overall, Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1, page 529, PER_Bulletin_of_the_Brooklyn_Institute_of_Arts_and_Sciences_v1_p529_09.937.16.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1908-9
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