Liberty, Bartholdi model in a gallery

A green-patinated statue of Liberty, with a raised torch arm and crowned head, stands on a wooden pedestal in a long gallery. Paintings in gilt frames hang along the walls, and white marble busts and a figure stand beyond, under a vaulted archway.

Artist

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Date

ca. 1884

Medium

painted terra cotta and tin

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 2303 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum