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Title
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Sculpture Collection
Description
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The Athenaeum’s Sculpture Collection comprises a variety of European and American works in marble, bronze, plaster and ceramic, dating mostly from the 19th century. A variety of historical literary, mythological, ancient classical, political, military, arts and science figures are represented.
Additional sculptures relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and his family may be viewed online in the Athenaeum's Featured Collection, "Bonaparte Collection."
Physical Object
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Title
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Samuel Breck
Creator
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Henry Dmochowski Saunders
Date
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1855
Description
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Bronze bas relief portrait of Samuel Breck, depicted in profile view within an oval ornately-carved oak rococo style frame.
Born in Boston and educated in France, Breck (1771-1862) served as president of the Athenaeum from 1845 to 1862. It was during his tenure that the cornerstone of the present Athenaeum building was laid in 1845. In 1855 the Board of Directors decided to honor Beck's service to the institution by commissioning a medallion of him by sculptor Henry Dmochowski Saunders. A political exile from Lithuania (then part of Russian Poland), Saunders lived in Philadelphia from 1853 to 1857, having developed a good reputation for creating busts, medallions and statuettes of many notable figures. His busts of Kosciuszko and Pulaski are in Washington, at the Capitol.
Extent
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42.5" H x 34.0" W
Medium
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Bronze, oak
Provenance
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Commissioned from the artist by the Athenaeum
Is Part Of
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General Collection, Museum Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
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AP.37.01
Rights
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http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
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