The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Medea," a marble statue by the American sculptor William Wetmore Story, modeled 1865, carved 1868. The record's own title is the subject's name outright, and its Getty AAT-linked tag confirms Medea. Gift of Henry Chauncey, 1894. Accession number 94.8a to d.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12651
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned statue, the strongest available record for its sculptor, date and accession number, whose own title is the subject's name outright. Connections
Associated With
Medea, Figures This source names Medea directly: "open-access collection API record for "Medea," a marble statue by the American sculptor William Wetmore Story, modeled 1865, carved 1868."
Source Medea, accession 94.8a to d (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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