The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa), 1905-1906, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Allyn Cox, 1959.10.4
Kenyon Cox, The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa), 1905-1906, oil on canvas, 24 x 15 1⁄8 in. (61.0 x 38.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Allyn Cox, 1959.10.4
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Artwork Details

Title
The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)
Artist
Date
1905-1906
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 x 15 1⁄8 in. (61.0 x 38.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allyn Cox
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — written matter — book
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — education
  • Allegory — other — trade
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — industry
  • Allegory — other — civilization
  • Study — mural study
  • Recreation — leisure — reading
  • Landscape
  • Figure group
Object Number
1959.10.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1959.10.4

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Kenyon Cox, After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit", 1878-1882, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing, 1983.114.14
After Titian’s ​“Madonna of the Rabbit”
Artist
Date1878-1882
oil on canvas
On view
Kenyon Cox, Indian Summer, 1887, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing, 1983.114.8
Indian Summer
Artist
Date1887
oil on canvas
On view
Kenyon Cox, Untitled, Portrait of a Young Girl, ca. 1900, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing, 1983.114.21
Untitled, Portrait of a Young Girl
Artist
Dateca. 1900
oil on canvas
On view
Kenyon Cox, Study for Drapery of "Pursuit of the Ideal", 1891, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing, 1983.114.19
Study for Drapery of ​“Pursuit of the Ideal”
Artist
Date1891
oil on canvas
On view