id:			105616
accession number:	1923.726
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.726
updated:		2023-08-23 19:03:41.485000

Amor Caritas, modeled 1898, cast after 1898. Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848–1907). Bronze; overall: 101 x 45.2 cm (39 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1923.726

title:				Amor Caritas
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creation date:			modeled 1898, cast after 1898
creation date earliest:		1898
creation date latest:		1900
current location:		207 American Realism
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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culture:	America, late 19th Century
technique:	bronze
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, 1848–1907)  - sculptor

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measurements: Overall: 101 x 45.2 cm (39 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed and dated lower left: Augustus Saint-Gaudens MDCCCXCVIII; inscribed on table:  AMOR CARITAS
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930
	opening date:   1986-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).

	title:		Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age
	opening date:   2003-02-23T00:00:00
	<i>Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Henry A. Everett
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fun fact:
An elementary school in Manhattan is named in Saint-Gaudens's honor.

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wall description:
Saint-Gaudens based this angelic figure, an allegory of Love and Charity, on his longtime model and mistress, Davida Johnson Clark. The initial life-size bronze cast of the composition received much acclaim, and the artist regarded it as “one of the things I care for most that I have done.” Due to its popularity, approximately 20 smaller-scale versions, including this example, were produced by Saint-Gaudens and sold through high-end retail outlets such as Tiffany &amp; Co. in New York.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	cat. #1, p. 12, repr.
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	W. M. M. "Contemporary American Bronzes." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 10 (1919): 151-63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 151
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136326

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n39

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