Joseph Mozier was an American sculptor active in Italy

Italy

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Mozier was born in Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....

. In 1831 he moved to New York City

New York City

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 where worked as a merchant. He retired from business about 1845, and shortly afterward went to Europe, studying sculpture for several years in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, after which he moved to Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. He died in Faids, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Mozier's best-known work is Undine for which he won a grand prize in Rome in 1867 (now resides in the Boll Theatre at the University of Dayton, Dayton, OH), Pocahontas (1848), The Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish, Truth and Silence (1855), Rebecca at the Well, Esther, Indian Girl at the Grave of her Lover, Jephthah's Daughter, The Peri, and Vigil of Rizpah.