The Puritan Saint-Gaudens, Augustus. (1848-1907) Sculpture Metalwork Portrait sculpture Puritans Front view of the statuette In 1881, Saint-Gaudens was commissioned by Chester W. Chapin, a railroad tycoon and congressman, to sculpt a large-scale bronze likeness of an ancestor, Deacon Samuel Chapin (1595–1675), one of the three founding fathers of Springfield, Massachusetts.n The Puritan, Saint-Gaudens successfully translated an abstract idea into three-dimensional form. Indeed, in The Puritan Saint-Gaudens dramatically conveyed the dedication, fortitude, and upright morals with which the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were synonymous. 1883-1886 CE 20th c. Digital Jpeg2000, 2.26 MB Bronze Amh01010 Kathleen Cohen American, Modern Neoclassical
The Puritan
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus. (1848-1907)
Sculpture
Metalwork
Portrait sculpture
Puritans
Front view of the statuette
In 1881, Saint-Gaudens was commissioned by Chester W. Chapin, a railroad tycoon and congressman, to sculpt a large-scale bronze likeness of an ancestor, Deacon Samuel Chapin (1595–1675), one of the three founding fathers of Springfield, Massachusetts.n The Puritan, Saint-Gaudens successfully translated an abstract idea into three-dimensional form. Indeed, in The Puritan Saint-Gaudens dramatically conveyed the dedication, fortitude, and upright morals with which the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were synonymous.
1883-1886 CE
20th c.
Digital
Jpeg2000, 2.26 MB
Bronze
Amh01010
Kathleen Cohen
American, Modern Neoclassical