Spirit of Life

Daniel Chester French, Spirit of Life, 1914, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2000.99
Daniel Chester French, Spirit of Life, 1914, bronze, 30 x 34 7⁄8 in. (76.3 x 88.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2000.99
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Artwork Details

Title
Spirit of Life
Artist
Founder
Roman Bronze Works
Date
1914
Location
Dimensions
30 x 34 7⁄8 in. (76.3 x 88.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — life
  • Figure female — full length
  • Object — other — dish
Object Number
2000.99
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.99

Works by this artist (129 items)

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Charles Bird King, Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees, 1821, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Helen Barlow, 1985.66.384,222
Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees
Artist
Date1821
oil on canvas
On view
Charles Bird King, Miss Satterlee, ca. 1830-1839, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert M. Pitcher, Jr., 1976.117
Miss Satterlee
Artist
Dateca. 1830-1839
oil on wood
On view
Charles Bird King, Unidentified, Apauly-Tustennuggee, 1825, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,322
Apauly-Tustennuggee
Artist
Unidentified
Copy after Charles Bird King
Date1825
oil on canvas
On view
Charles Bird King, AP-PA-NOO-SE. SAUKIE CHIEF, from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1836, hand-colored lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.153,264
AP-PA-NOO-SE. SAUKIE CHIEF, from History of the Indian…
Artist
Dateca. 1836
hand-colored lithograph on paper
Not on view

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