Portrait of Leonard Cox
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Leonard Cox was one year old when his mother painted this portrait. Leonard later studied at Princeton University. After graduation, he fought in Europe during World War I and became a decorated war hero. His mother received a bronze medal for this painting at the 1900 Paris Exposition, a public triumph that helped establish her reputation as a painter of children.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1895
- Object number
- 1983.31.22
- Artist
- Louise Cox, American, 1865 - 1945
- Sitter
- Leonard Cox
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 11 3/4 x 12 in. (29.8 x 30.5 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 4A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Topic
- Portrait male
- Record ID
- saam_1983.31.22
