Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World"
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Sheet: 33 7/16 × 51 3/16 in. (85 × 130 cm)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2014
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Architecture Metadata · 90%
The work is classified as “Drawing; Ornament & Architecture,” and the image presents a monumental architectural setting centered on a statue and pedestal.
Subject Matter
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Waterscapes Visual · 99%
Water surrounds the central island or platform and occupies much of the foreground and middle distance.
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Cityscapes Visual · 86%
Dense, grid-like built-up areas and shorelines extend across both sides of the water behind the monument.
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Light as Subject Both · 94%
The title emphasizes illumination, and the image visibly makes the torch and its broad beams the dominant upper compositional feature.
Visual Qualities
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Radiating Lines Visual · 99%
Numerous white linear beams spread outward from the raised torch in a pronounced radial arrangement.
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Earth Tones Visual · 98%
The drawing is dominated by muted brown, tan, ochre, and charcoal-gray tones, with lighter chalk accents.
Medium and Techniques
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Drawing Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the classification as Drawings and the medium as charcoal heightened with white chalk.
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Work on Paper Both · 99%
The catalog specifies a sheet measuring 85 × 130 cm, and the image is visibly a large drawing made on a paper support.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1875.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 96%
The artist is identified as French in the museum record: “French, Colmar 1834–1904 Paris.”
Materials
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Chalk Metadata · 99%
The cataloged medium explicitly includes white chalk.
Source & rights
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.