Death and the Sculptor

Death and the Sculptor
winged figure staying hand of young sculptor
ArtistDaniel Chester French
Year1889 (1889)
Typebronze sculpture
Dimensions250 cm × 76 cm (100 in × 30 in)
LocationBoston
Coordinates42°17′52.3″N 71°6′27.2″W / 42.297861°N 71.107556°W / 42.297861; -71.107556
OwnerForest Hills Cemetery

Death and the Sculptor, also known as the Milmore Monument and The Angel of Death and the Young Sculptor[1] is a sculpture in bronze, and one of the most important and influential works of art created by sculptor Daniel Chester French. The work was commissioned to mark the grave in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, of the brothers Joseph (1841–1886), James and Martin Milmore (1844–1883).[2] It has two figures effectively in the round, linked to a background relief behind them. The right-hand figure represents a sculptor, whose hand holding a chisel is gently restrained by the fingers of the left-hand figure, representing Death, here shown as a winged female.

  1. ^ Taft, Lorado, The History of American Sculpture, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925 p. 252.
  2. ^ Wilson, Susan, Garden of Memories: A Guide to Historic Forest Hills, Forest Hills Educational Trust, 1998 p. 61.