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Friedrich August Ferdinand Pettrich (1798 – 14 February 1872) was a German sculptor active in Germany, Brazil, the United States, and Italy.
He was an internationally famous portrait sculptor who created busts of political figures in Washington D.C. as well as Native Americans such as Tecumseh. In the early 1840s he moved to Brazil to become the Court Sculptor to Emperor Dom Pedro II.
Life
Born in Dresden to sculptor Franz Pettrich, court sculptor to Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Pettrich studied in Rome under Bertel Thorvaldsen. After achieving fame in Europe, in 1835 Pettrich and his wife moved to the United States, first in Philadelphia, then Washington, D.C. Pettrich died in Rome in 1872.
Sculptures by Pettrich
The Dying Tecumseh
Martin Van Buren
John Vaughan (wine merchant)
Washington Resigning His Commission
Mrs. Frederich Augustus Ferdinand Pettrich
Self-Portrait
William Norris
Our Lady of the Confederacy in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Charleston)
See also
Vatican biography
vatican-patrons.org page
Biography page at fada.com
Biography listing at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Note in 1892 Corcoran Gallery of Art catalog
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ferdinand Pettrich
- George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief
- List of memorials to George Washington
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann
- 1798
- Tecumseh
- The West as America
- List of memorials to Tecumseh
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Charleston, South Carolina)
- George Washington's reception at Trenton