Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance.
Saint-Gaudens in 1905
Portrait of Augustus's wife Augusta and their son, Homer Saint-Gaudens, by John Singer Sargent, 1890
Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (1891)
Diana (1892–93). Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Saint-Gaudens double eagle
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The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty-dollar gold coin, or double eagle, produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Ga
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
…of The Puritan. Saint-Gaudens also created Classical works such as the Diana, and employed his design skills in numismatics. He designed the $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin (1905–1907) for the US Mint, considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued, and the $10 "Indian Head" gold eagle; both of…
NNC US 1933 G$20 Saint Gaudens
NNC US 1908 D G$20 Saint Gaudens