Death and the Sculptor
Death and the Sculptor ( German “Death and the Sculptor” ), also Milmore Memorial ( German “Milmore Monument” ) or The Angel of Death and the Young Sculptor ( German “ The Angel of Death and the Young Sculptor ” ), is a bronze - sculpture . It is in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston .
The work of art was created from 1889 to 1893 by the American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and shows a young sculptor at work on an Egyptian relief who receives a visit from death . He appears to him in the form of a young woman.
With his left hand, the angel of death gently grasps the hand of the sculptor holding the chisel and commands him to interrupt his work. The angel holds the opium poppy in his right hand as a symbol of eternal sleep.
history
The work was commissioned in 1889 to decorate the grave of the brothers Joseph (1841-1886), James and Martin Milmore (1844-1883) in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain near Boston. The Milmore brothers immigrated from Ireland in 1851 . Joseph became a stonemason and Martin a sculptor. They often worked together on assignments. One of her best known works is that of a sphinx of granite . It dates from 1872 and is located in the Mount Auburn Cemetery, also not far from Boston.
After the plaster cast of the Milmore monument was cast in bronze by the Gruet foundry in Paris , it was exhibited in the French capital, including in the Salon du Champ-de-Mars . It received a medal of honor. French and the Milmore family agreed to have four more casts made, which went to museums in Chicago , Philadelphia , Boston, and St. Louis .
A replica of the work was created between 1921 and 1926 . This is a marble sculpture (picture) that is kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York.
Web links
- Daniel Chester French The Milmore Memorial at YeoDoug.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Angel of Death and the Sculptor of the Milmore Memorial at MetMuseum.org
Coordinates: 42 ° 17 '52.3 " N , 71 ° 6' 27.2" W.