Neoclassicism · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 687677
Minnehaha
Edmonia Lewis, 1868
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Morris K. Jesup and Friends of the American Wing Funds, 2015. The Met · Public domain
- Artist
- Edmonia Lewis
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 29.5 × 18.4 × 12.4 cm
- Era
- Neoclassicism
Why it matters
Lewis modeled Minnehaha in Rome, bringing Neoclassical marble carving into conversation with Indigenous identity and a celebrated figure from Longfellow’s widely read poem.