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Sculptor:
Rimmer, William 1816-1879  Search this
Founder:
Jno. Williams, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 07.224
Date:
Modeled 1861. Cast 1907
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Weidman, Jeffrey, 1986, 1993.
Weidman, Jeffrey, "William Rimmer: Critial Catalogue Raisonne," Ph.D., Indiana University, 1981, sculpture checklist.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 51.
Image on file.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 53.
(On top of base, between feet:) W. Rimmer / Sc. (On top of base, stamped in oval impression:) P.P. Caproni & Bro / Plaster Casts Boston (On top of base:) JNO WILLIAMS INC. / BRONZE FOUNDRY, N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--Gladiator  Search this
State of Being--Illness--Wound  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76007653
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_18439