Daniel Chester French / The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial / 1889-1893; this version, 1926

Daniel Chester French
The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial
1889-1893; this version, 1926
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Creator Name: French, Daniel Chester
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1850-1931
Creator Name-CRT: Daniel Chester French
Title: The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial
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Creation Start Date: 1889
Creation End Date: 1893
Creation Date: 1889-1893; this version, 1926
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: marble
Dimensions: 93 1/2 x 100 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (237.5 x 255.3 x 82.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 26.120
Credit Line: Gift of a group of Museum trustees, 1926
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

'The Milmore Memorial,' also known as 'The Angel of Death and the Sculptor,' was a commission from the family of the Boston sculptor Martin Milmore (1844-1883) to honor his memory and that of his brother Joseph (1841-1886). The original bronze statue, cast in Paris in 1892, was erected the following year in Forest Hills Cemetery, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. When the plaster model was shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, it received acclaim that assured French's status at the forefront of his profession. In 1917, the president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert W. de Forest, asked French, who was also a Museum trustee, about acquiring a replica of the bronze. French contracted the Piccirilli Brothers, New York's leading firm of marble carvers, to carve the statue in marble. Completed in 1926, this marble version required certain changes to accommodate the structural needs of the medium.

AMICA ID: MMA_.26.120
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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