Object Details
- Artist
- William Randolph Barbee, born Luray, VA 1818-died Luray, VA 1868
- Luce Center Label
- William Randolph Barbee created Fisher Girl while working in Florence, Italy, around 1858. Barbee returned to the United States soon after and enjoyed great acclaim for this sculpture. Owing to its popularity in the United States, Fisher Girl was copied several times over the years. Barbee created the figure’s idealized body in the neoclassical style, inspired by the ancient Greek and Roman works he encountered in Italy. Her modest pose and fish net, however, are rendered in a natural, lifelike way that charmed Barbee's early audience. One contemporary critic from the New York Leader described the mesh Fisher Girl holds as "one of the most perfect triumphs of the chisel."
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- ca. 1858
- Object number
- 1968.140
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- 32 1/8 x 31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (81.6 x 80.9 x 59.9 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, W320
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure female\nude
- Occupation\industry\fishing
- Figure female\full length
- Record ID
- saam_1968.140
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk719745c28-bd2b-4e5a-aab8-7b139625bb66
