Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010659Amor Caritas
About the Artwork
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 & Co. in New York.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower left: Augustus Saint-Gaudens MDCCCXCVIII; inscribed on table: AMOR CARITAS
Exhibition history
The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986). Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)
- Date
- modeled 1898, cast after 1898
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 101 x 45.2 cm (39 3/4 x 17 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1923.726
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