# Joseph Mozier

Joseph Mozier (August 22, 1812 – October 3, 1870) was an American sculptor active in Italy. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1812. In 1831 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a merchant. He retired from business around 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying sculpture for several years in Florence, after which he moved to Rome.
His best-known work is Undine, the title character in the novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, a water nymph who falls in love with a man. He won a grand prize for it in Rome in 1867. He made a short visit to the United States in 1870, and was hospitalized upon his return in London, England. He died in Faido, Switzerland, while en route to his home in Italy.

## Selected works

* Bust of Pocahontas (1848), Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. A replica at University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
* Bust of Diana (c. 1850), Locust Lawn Estate, New Paltz, New York.
* Pocahontas (1854), Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. A replica at Lockwood–Mathews Mansion, Norwalk, Connecticut.
* Truth (1855), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
* Silence (1855), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
* Rebecca at the Well (1855), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Replicas at New York Historical Society, New York City; Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana; Patterson Public Library, Paterson, New Jersey; and Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.
* The American Schoolboy (Young America) (1857), Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island. A replica at Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
* The Prodigal Son (c. 1857), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
* Indian Girl's Lament (1858), Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. A replica at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
* Queen Esther (c. 1858).
* The Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish (1862), Lockwood–Mathews Mansion, Norwalk, Connecticut. Replicas at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York.
* Jephthah's Daughter (1865),
* Il Penseroso (1866), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
* Undine (1867), Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine. Replicas at Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and Boll Theatre, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.
* The Peri (c. 1867), Acklen Mausoleum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.
* Flower Girl (Springtime) (1867), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. A replica at Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York.
* The Vigil of Rizpah (1869), Spanierman Gallery, New York City.
* The White Lady of Avenel (1869), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Replicas at Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey; and University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
* Thomas Moore as a Boy (1870), Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York.
* Bust of Pocohantas (1848), Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
* The Prodigal Son (1857), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Il Penseroso (1866), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
* Il Penseroso (1866), on exhibit at the U.S. Capitol
* Pocahontas (1867), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts