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L'Ange de la mort et le sculpteur, d'après le Milmore Memorial

1889–93, carved 1921–26
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 700
French reçut de la famille Milmore la commande d’un monument à la mémoire de Martin, sculpteur de Boston, et de son frère Joseph. Le bronze original a été érigé en 1893 dans le cimetière de Forest Hills, à Jamaica Plain, dans le Massachusetts. Cette réplique en marbre a été sculptée plus tard, à la demande du Metropolitan Museum. L’ange de la mort apparaît à un jeune sculpteur et, de la main gauche, l’empêche de terminer son travail. Le bouquet de coquelicots dans sa main droite symbolise le sommeil éternel. Figure de proue de la sculpture monumentale au début du XXe siècle, French est surtout connu pour le Lincoln assis érigé à Washington, D.C.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: L'Ange de la mort et le sculpteur, d'après le Milmore Memorial
  • Artiste: Daniel Chester French, Américain, 1850–1931
  • Date: 1889–1893 ; sculpture : 1921–1926
  • Technique: Marbre
  • Dimensions: 2,38 x 2,55 x 0,83 m
  • Crédits: Don d'un groupe d'administrateurs du Metropolitan Museum, 1926
  • Accession Number: 26.12
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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