American sculptor, born near Frederick, MD, on the 25th of September 1825. His early life was spent on a farm, but in 1846 he went to Baltimore, where he became a stonecutter. Soon his taste for high art was developed and he began modelling in clay. In 1855 he went to Italy and in 1858 he settled at Rome, though he made occasional visits to Baltimore. He completed the modelling of the bronze doors of the U.S. Capitol at Washington, left unfinished by Crawford. Among his ideal works were The Angel of the Resurrection, The Woman of Samaria, Leander, Hero, St. Cecilia, Latona and her Children, Atalanta, and above all, Clytie, which he considered his masterpiece. It now belongs to the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, and in that city many others of his works have found owners. Besides numerous portrait busts, he executed for the State of Maryland the heroic statue of Chief Justice Taney at Annapolis. Rinehart was cut off prematurely at Rome, on the 28th of October 1874. He bequeathed $45,000 for a lectureship in Baltimore on sculpture and a fund for needy art-students.
