Truth

In 1898 Daniel Chester French was commissioned to create six allegorical figures representing Bounty, Courage, Integrity, Prudence, Truth, and Wisdom, for the facade of the Minnesota State Capitol Building, in Saint Paul. This plaster statue is a working model and is half the size of the marble figure that appears, paired with Integrity. In his portrayal of Truth, French used symbols drawn from classical and Renaissance sources. The mirror she holds reflects life without illusions; her partial nudity alludes to the nature of truth.

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Memory

The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial

Architecture

Painting & Sculpture

Mourning Victory from the Melvin Memorial

Draped Female Figure

Narcissa

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, M. D.

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

Figure with Meat, 1954

The Child's Bath, 1893

American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), 1968

The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy, 1894

Truth

About the sculpture

Particulars

More by Daniel Chester French

Neighbors at Art Institute of Chicago

On the same theme · People

Not receiving at present

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Memory

The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial

Architecture

Painting & Sculpture

Mourning Victory from the Melvin Memorial

Draped Female Figure

Narcissa

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, M. D.

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

Figure with Meat, 1954

The Child's Bath, 1893

American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), 1968

The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy, 1894