Richard Saltonstall Greenough
- Richard Saltonstall Greenough
Richard Saltonstall Greenough (1819-1904) was an American sculptor and younger brother to Neoclassical sculptor Horatio Greenough.
Greenough was born in Boston, the youngest child of Elisabeth (Bender) and David Greenough (1774–1836). He was educated at the Boston Latin School, class of 1829. At age 17 he followed his brother in a career in sculpture, and in 1837 left for Italy where he belonged to the second generation of American expatriate artists. Thereafter he divided his time between Europe and America, but spent most of his studio life in Rome. Greenough married Sarah Dana of Boston on September 26, 1846. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.
Today Greenough's best-known work is probably a statue of Benjamin Franklin standing in front of the Old City Hall (Boston).
Selected works
* 1853 Shepard Boy and Eagle, bronze, Boston Athenaeum
* 1856 Benjamin Franklin, bronze, Old City Hall (Boston)
* 1856 John Winthrop (1588-1649), marble, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
* 1860 Bust of George Hayward (1791-1863), marble, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
* 1863 Carthaginian Girl, marble, Boston Athenaeum
* 1860-1880 Mary Magdalene, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
* 1873 John Winthrop, bronze, Boston, Massachusetts
* 1876 John Winthrop, marble, United States Capitol
* TBD Alma Mater commemorating Civil War dead, Boston Latin School
External links
* [http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=37447&coll_keywords=Greenough&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_
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