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The Rescue (statue)
''The Rescue'' (1837–50) is a large marble sculpture group assembled in front of the east façade of the United States Capitol building and exhibited there from 1853 until 1958 when it was removed and never restored. The sculptural ensemble was created by sculptor Horatio Greenough (1805–52) who had previously been commissioned by the U.S. government to create a massive sculpture, ''George Washington'' (1832–41) for the Capitol rotunda, also now removed from that site. Due to long-standing controversies, these two sculptures have brought Greenough’s reputation to a very low ebb.
==Description==
''The Rescue'' was displayed to the right of the large staircase of the east façade of the U.S. Capitol and was a companion piece to another sculpture, Luigi Persico's ''Discovery of America'' (1837–50) — depicting a triumphant Christopher Columbus and a cowering Indian maiden — on the left. ''The Rescue'' depicts a confrontation between a bellicose American Indian warrior and a pioneer family. At the left rear of the group, a crouching pioneer woman desperately clasps a small child. To the front, an outsized frontiersman forcibly prevents a tomahawk-wielding Indian from brutally murdering his family. The heroic rescuer, however, refrains from injuring his adversary and displays a total mastery of the situation as well as a certain compassion for his enemy. The vengeful Indian warrior is rendered impotent and childlike. (His posture is loosely based on the central figure of the ancient ''Laocoön'' sculpture group.〔Fryd, Vivien Green (1987), (“Two Sculptures for the Capitol: Horatio Greenough's ‘Rescue’ and Luigi Persico's ‘Discovery of America’” ) ''American Art Journal'', Vol. 19, No. 2 (Spring, 1987), pp 99–100.〕) The frontiersman’s helmet-like headgear is fashioned like a Renaissance cap. To the right, the family dog looks on.
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