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Study for a lunette showing two miners with tools flanking a bronze medallion of a helmeted miner, with fruit garlands below and a gilded crest above.

Mining (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

A semicircular design shows two muscular male miners at either side, one kneeling at left with a pick and one crouching at right with a tool, flanking a bronze-toned medallion of a helmeted miner in profile. Fruit-filled cornucopias and a gilded crest frame the composition, rendered in pen, ink, tempera and watercolor on paperboard.

Artist
Louis Schaettle
Date
ca. 1916
Medium
pen and ink, tempera and watercolor on paperboard
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2195 × 1205 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1921).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Minería, estudio para luneta del Old Senate Office Building

Un diseño semicircular muestra a dos hombres musculosos de minería a cada lado, uno arrodillado a la izquierda con un pico y otro agachado a la derecha con una herramienta, flanqueando un medallón de tono bronce con un minero de casco de perfil. Cornucopias llenas de frutas y una cresta dorada enmarcan la composición, realizada con pluma, tinta, temple y acuarela sobre cartón.

Português: Mineração, estudo para luneta do Old Senate Office Building

Um desenho semicircular mostra dois mineiros musculosos nas laterais, um ajoelhado à esquerda com uma picareta e outro agachado à direita com uma ferramenta, ladeando um medalhão em tom de bronze com um mineiro de capacete de perfil. Cornucópias com frutas e uma crista dourada emolduram a composição, feita em nanquim, têmpera e aquarela sobre cartão.

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