Augustus’s work is defined by its 16th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Fall of Man with Scenes of the Creation
Attributed to Augustus Cordus (German, active 1544–1553)

Augustus John, Hampshire, England
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Woman in a Shawl, Sketch of Legs
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

The Puritan
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

Amor Caritas
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

A Bundle of Lavender
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus
Roman; minted in Lugdunum (now Lyon, France)

Landing of British Army under Abercrombie
Unknown Artist after John Augustus Atkinson (English 1775-1838) published by Rudolph Ackermann (English, 1764-1834)

Bust from the Adams Memorial
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

Violet Sargent
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

Girl with a Curl
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

Ambrose McEvoy
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

Jules Bastien-Lepage
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907) Cast by Magee Furnace Company Chelsea, Massachusetts

As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus
Roman, minted in Rome

Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia
Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar (French, 1762–1834)

Martha Graham
Augustus Peck American, 1906-1975

Side Chair
Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin English, 1812-1852 Possibly made by John Webb London

Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
After Parmigianino Italian, 1503-1540

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus
Roman; minted in Spain, possibly Colonia Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) or Colonia Patricia (Cordoba)

Model for a Chalice
Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (born England, 1812–1852) Manufactured by John Hardman and Company (1838–2008) Birmingham, England