Horatio Greenough, described as the "first American to make sculpture his exclusive profession" (Tolles, 3) was born in Boston. He was one of the earliest American artists to receive a national commission.
Urged by his wealthy family and by the painter Washington Allston to study art, Greenough, after graduation from Harvard, went to Italy in 1825 for two years. He made a second trip in 1828, and this time remained until a year before his death.
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