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.
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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. Cross-Tradition Connections
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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."
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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