Augustus - YCBA Collections Search

unknown artist, nineteenth century, Augustus, early 19th century

Creator:

unknown artist, nineteenth century
after Hubert Gerhard, ca. 1540–before 1621, Dutch, active in Germany
Formerly attributed to Grinling Gibbons, 1648–1721, British
Formerly studio of Grinling Gibbons, 1648–1721, British

Title:

Augustus

Date:

early 19th century

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

Overall: 19 7/8 x 10 x 8 1/2 inches (50.5 x 25.4 x 21.6 cm)

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.13

Classification:

Sculptures

Collection:

Paintings and Sculpture

Subject Terms:

emperor | portrait | Roman (style or period)

Associated People:

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14)

Access:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)

Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)

Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15)

Publications:

Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 30, no. 40, N8219 K5 C76 1990 (YCBA)

Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy : Exhibition Labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 16, no.40, N8219 K5 C761 1990 (YCBA)

Taste & beauty in three dimensions : Paul Mellon and British sculpture, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 2002, p. [3], no. 2, V 1426 (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7426

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