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The Sculptor's Masterpiece (1913)
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Countess Eleanor de Meroulle gives Furio Clerici the commission to make a statue of the Piety, to be placed on the grave of her little child. On a visit to the studio she meets Clerici and her little son, Peter. As Lolotte is not a ...See moreCountess Eleanor de Meroulle gives Furio Clerici the commission to make a statue of the Piety, to be placed on the grave of her little child. On a visit to the studio she meets Clerici and her little son, Peter. As Lolotte is not a suitable model, Furio asks his wife, Claudia, to sit for him. At first she refuses because he has sadly neglected her for Lolotte, but when he promises to be faithful to her she agrees. The statue is finally completed and it is a masterpiece, but the exertion has destroyed Claudia's health. Greatly pleased with the work the countess gives Furio $5,000 in payment of it. He, madly infatuated with his model, forgets the sacrifice made by his wife, and leaving a note for her, elopes with Lolotte. Unable to stand the shock, Claudia dies, leaving her little son, Peter, alone in the world. The next morning Countess Eleanor reads an account of the elopement and of the death of the sculptor's wife and is greatly grieved over it. Desiring to see the statue of his mother, little Peter goes to his father's studio, but learns that it has already been placed in a cemetery some distance away. Escaping the servants, he runs away in search of his mother's statue. The countess visits the grave of her little daughter. She reads the tragedy in the heart of the little child and her mother instinct awakened, she decides to take him with her, entreating Claudia to guard over her daughter in Heaven as she would watch over Peter on earth. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Arturo Ambrosio
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Updated Feb 27, 1913
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Nov 15, 1913 (United States)

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