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Sculptor:
MacMonnies, Frederick William 1863-1937  Search this
Designer:
McKim, Charles Follen 1847-1909  Search this
Founder:
Jaboeuf & Bezout Fondeurs  Search this
Subject:
Vane, Henry  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze with green patina; Pedestal: dark Alps green Genoa marble
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street Dartmouth Street Vestibule Boston Massachusetts 02116
Date:
1893
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, no. 31.
Image on file.
Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, pg. 292.
(On base, left side:) Frederick MacMonnies 1893 (On bronze plaque affixed to base front:) BUT IT PLEASES GOD TO STIR THEM UP SUCH FRIENDS, VIZ.,/SIR HENRY VANE, WHO HAD SOMETIME LIVED AT BOSTON/AND THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN OCCASION AGAINST US FOR/SOME DISHONOR WHICH HE APPREHENDED TO HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY/PUT UPON HIM HERE, YET BOTH NOW AND AT OTHER TIMES HE/SHOWED HIMSELF A TRUE FRIEND OF NEW ENGLAND, AND A/MAN OF A NOBLE AND GENEROUS MIND. 'WINTHROP.' (On base, right side:) JABOUEF & BEZOUT Fondeurs a Paris (On plaque affixed to pedestal:) SIR HENRY VANE/GOVERNOR OF THE/COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY 1636/BORN 1612 BEHEADED 1662/AN ARDENT DEFENDER OF CIVIL LIBERTY AND/ADVOCATE OF FREE THOUGHT IN RELIGION/HE MAINTAINED THAT GOD, LAW AND PARLIAMENT/ARE SUPERIOR TO THE KING/THIS STATUE WAS PLACED HERE AT THE REQUEST OF JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE, D.D., AN HONORED CITIZEN/OF BOSTON WHO NOBLY LABORED FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA signed
Paris Salon of 1894, Paris, 1894, (no. S-3333).
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.
Summary:
A standing portrait of Sir Henry Vane (1612-1662) holding a coat over his proper left arm. He is dressed in 17th century attire consisting of a shirt with a ruff at the neck, boots, breeches, a cape, and a hat with a large plume. The sculpture rests on a small square base in niche inside the Dartmouth Street Vestibule.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--Governor  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000077
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_9955