Sculptor:

Unknown  Search this

Founder:

Fonderia Nelli  Search this

Subject:

Augustus, Caesar  Search this

Medium:

Sculpture: painted bronze; Base: granite

Type:

Sculptures-Copy

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Brown University Wriston Quadrangle Providence Rhode Island 02912

Date:

Dedicated Sept. 1906

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0019, 1989.

Freeman, Robert & Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: The Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 27-28.

Summary:

Standing figure of Caesar Augustus, dressed in decorated Roman military uniform and toga. His proper right arm (portions now missing) is an upraised position. His proper left arm is draped with toga fabric and originally held a staff, now missing. A "genie" figure on a dolphin sits by his proper right leg.

Topic:

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this

Dress--Historic--Classical Dress  Search this

Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this

Animal--Dolphin  Search this

Mythology--Other--Genie  Search this

Control number:

IAS RI000066

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_319565