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| Keywords: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Angel of Purity (Maria Mitchell Memorial) (1902, detail).jpg Artwork Creator Augustus Saint-Gaudens A monument in remembrance of Maria Gouverneur Mitchell died 1898 aged 22 years commissioned by her parents Dr w Silas Weir Mitchell and Mary Cadwalader Mitchell for St Stephen's Episcopal Church Philadelphia where their daughter taught children's classes Saint-Gaudens based the sculpture on an earlier bronze figure Amor Caritas which he had created for the Musée d'Orsay Paris; another version of this is in the Cleveland Museum of Art The features of the angel were modelled after those of his mistress Davida Clark 1902 marble in 96 48 12 Institution Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania Philadelphia United States accession number 2005-2-1 object history 2005 Acquired using the Annenberg Fund for Major Acquisitions gifts from Mr and Mrs Wharton Sinkler and Mrs T Charlton Henry by exchange and funds contributed by the Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation of Pennsylvania II Inc credit line top BLESSED ARE THE / PURE IN HEART FOR / THEY SHALL SEE GOD ; bottom IN MEMORY OF / MARIA GOUVERNEUR MITCHELL / BORN MARCH XXI MDCCCLXXVI March 21 1876 / DIED JANUARY XXIV MDCCCXCVIII January 24 1898 http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/290521 html mulR 9700 1 Own ; photographed by Smuconlaw on 2012 05 03 15 15 other versions 100x100px Augustus Saint-Gaudens The Angel of Purity Maria Mitchell Memorial 1902 jpg PD-old-100 cc-by-sa-3 0 GFDL The Angel of Purity Maria Mitchell Memorial 1902 by Augustus Saint-Gaudens | ||||
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