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James Tissot

James Tissot

French, 1836-1902

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James Tissot

L'Ambitieuse (Political Woman) , 1883-1885
James Tissot

England and America
, not dated

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The caryatids are a series of eight white marble sculptures of women that hold up porch roofs on the exterior of the museum like columns. Each woman is draped in a heavily pleated robe resembling the costumes of ancient Greece and carries a different object symbolizing a different discipline. For instance, one woman holds a painters palette and brushes, symbolizing painting, while her neighbor bears a small model of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, symbolizing sculpture. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Eight Caryatid Figures , 1906-1907

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