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Two Teams of Horses, fragment of an Advanced Sketch Model for the Apotheosis of Democracy Pediment, House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol Building
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About this work
In 1909, Paul Wayland Bartlett was selected to design a pediment for the House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol. Two Teams of Horses is a sketch model of one of his earlier designs for the sculpture. The four horses were to flank a chariot at the center of the pediment, in which rode a figure representing Peace. The horses were later rejected, and in the final sculpture the figure of Peaceful Democracy stands over a nude child representing Genius.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwo Teams of Horses, fragment of an Advanced Sketch Model for the Apotheosis of Democracy Pediment, House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol Building. modeled 1909-1910. Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III. CC0.
