Cornelius Vanderbilt I, 1882, Made in New York, New York, United States, Bronze, 16 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (41.3 × 57.8 cm), Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire), Saint-Gaudens’s work for Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s grand residence on Fifth Avenue at Fifty-Seventh Street included three low-relief portraits of family members. The posthumous likeness of patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt I, a steamship and railroad entrepreneur, presents the Commodore, as he was known, posed in profile against a dense background of oak leaves and acorns
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Cornelius Vanderbilt I, 1882, New York, United States, Bronze, 16 1/4, 22 3/4, 41.3, 57.8 cm, Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American, Dublin, 1848–1907, Cornish, Hampshire, Saint-Gaudens, work, Vanderbilt, II, grand, residence, Fifth Avenue, Fifty-Seventh Street, included, three, low-relief, portraits, family members, posthumous likeness, patriarch Cornelius, Vanderbilt, I, steamship, railroad entrepreneur, presents, Commodore, posed, profile, dense background, oak leaves, acorns
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