Cornelius Vanderbilt I, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1882

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Cornelius Vanderbilt I, 1882, Made in New York, New York, United States, Bronze, 16 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. ( × cm), Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire), Saint-Gaudens’s work for Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s grand residence on Fifth Avenue at Fifty-Seventh Street included three low-relief portraits of family members. The posthumous likeness of patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt I, a steamship and railroad entrepreneur, presents the Commodore, as he was known, posed in profile against a dense background of oak leaves and acorns

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Size: 5200px × 3918px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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