Perseus (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward American

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Ward became known as the "Dean of American Sculpture" for his role in promoting the medium as a teacher and through professional organizations. He was an advocate for studying the great art of the past and once told an interviewer, "I want to see every statue that has ever been made." He collected copies of sculpture masterpieces and played an important role in developing collections of these plaster casts for students at The Met, where he was a founding Trustee, and at the National Academy of Design in New York. Ward made this study after a copy of Cellini’s Perseus when he was a young apprentice.

Perseus (from Sketchbook), John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York), Graphite on paper, American

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