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Study of "Courage" for Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)
1901
- Medium
- Brush and oil paint on canvas
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 54.4 × 24.5 cm (21 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Allyn Cox
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Study for a memorial window for the artist's father, Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900). The figure of Courage is represented by a standing medieval warrior in armor, grasping a shield, against a background of stylized oak foliage, symbolizing strength and fortitude.
