Augustus Saint-GaudensVereinigte Staaten, 1848–1907Judge Edwards Pierrepont
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Wo ist „Judge Edwards Pierrepont“ heute? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17A, Washington, D.C. Ja, derzeit ausgestellt. Geprüft 25. September 2026.
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens grew annoyed with his demanding sitter Edwards Pierrepont, who was a prominent lawyer and jurist. The sculptor reluctantly obeyed repeated requests that his portrait be improved to look more like the busts of Socrates, Seneca, and Plato that Pierrepont admired. He told the young sculptor that these men had “very broad foreheads.” The artist complied, but Pierrepont demanded further adjustments until the head, in the sculptor’s words, “seemed to be affected with some dreadful swelling disease.” The contemporary obsession with phrenology---the “science” of reading character based on the shape of the skull---likely drove Pierrepont to make such demands.
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- 1968.65.1
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