Aquila

William Rush American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 748

Oggi Rush è considerato uno dei primi scultori ritrattisti in America, oltre ad essere un importante intagliatore e doratore del legno attivo nella vivace comunità artigianale di Filadelfia agli inizi dell’ Ottocento. Quest’aquila dorata di grandi dimensioni sovrastava il pulpito della chiesa luterana evangelica di Saint John a Filadelfia fino al 1847. Fu poi collocata nella Sala dell’assemblea dell’Independence Hall, dove rimase fino al 1914. Nella nuova collocazione, vicino alla Campana della Libertà e sopra la statua lignea di George Washington eseguita da Rush, il suo valore simbolico si trasformò da attributo del santo patrono della chiesa che aveva commissionato l’opera, a icona del patriottismo e dell’indipendenza americani.

Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American

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Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American
Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American
Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American
Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American
Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American
Eagle, William Rush (1756–1833), Carved wood (probably Eastern white pine), gessoed and gilded, and cast iron, painted, American

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