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Stone, Horatio,
Robert Wood & Company,
Mythology -- Classical
Mythology -- Classical
Portrait male -- Homer
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Portrait male -- Aristides
Portrait male -- Anaxagoras
Portrait male -- Phidias
Portrait male -- Socrates
Religion -- New Testament
Sculpture
Philosophy Vase, (sculpture).
Artist:
Stone
,
Horatio
,
1808-1875
,
sculptor
.
Robert Wood & Company, founder.
Title:
Philosophy Vase, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Federal Vase: Philosophy, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1870.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
36 x 24 in.
Description:
One a pair of vases, from a set of three vases commissioned by Congress to symbolize the Nation's stability following the Civil War. The relief figures encircling the vase titled "Philosophy" represent the development of ethical thought. The figures depicted around the sides of the vase are: Prometheus representing conscience, Orpheus with his lyre representing music, Homer representing poetry, Aristides representing justice, Anaxagoras representing philosophy, Phidias representing divine beauty in art, Socrates representing truth, and Christ representing the Divine Spirit.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Prometheus
Mythology -- Classical -- Orpheus
Portrait male -- Homer
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Philosophy
Portrait male -- Aristides
Portrait male -- Anaxagoras
Portrait male -- Phidias
Portrait male -- Socrates
Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Van Ness, Jon & Linda, Santa Monica, California
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Hoadley, John Chipman, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Boston Art Club, June 1887.
Van Ness, Clarence, Coronado, California late 1930s-1977.
Van Ness, William C., Summitville, Indiana 1977-1988.
Remarks:
One of pair of vases, along with a third larger vase, that were commissioned by the members of the Committee of Congress on the Capitol as a memorial to the stability of the nation following the Civil War. The appropriation bill for 1870 included $10,000 for the vases and
Horatio
Stone
received the commission. He completed the vases over the next two years at his studio in Italy, but when they were delivered to the Capitol it was discovered that because the
sculptor
had failed to sign the contract, the money appropriated had reverted to the U.S. Treasury. John Chipman Hoadley then purchased the vases, and upon his death, they were purchased by subscription and presented to the Boston Art Club in June 1887. In the late 1930s, an art buyer working for Clarence Van Ness bought the pair of smaller vases and they were installed in the foyer of his home in Coronado, California until his death in 1977. The pair of smaller vases then went to William C. Van Ness, M.D. (1917-1988), and upon his death in 1988, they went to Jon and Linda Van Ness. For companion vase titled "Invention" see IAS record 76007958. For larger companion vase titled "Republic" see IAS record 02240116. IAS files contain a copy of the 1888 Boston Art Club publication on The Federal Vases.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Van Ness, Jon & Linda, 2008.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
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.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 76007957
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
76007957
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