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Florentine Boar, (sculpture). Artist:  Tacca, Pietro, 1577-1640, sculptor. (copy after) Benelli, Giuseppe, 1819-1861, sculptor. Title:  Florentine Boar, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Little Pig, (sculpture). Il Porcellino, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1857. Dedicated 1912. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze on a granite base. Dimensions:  Approx. 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. x 4 ft. Description:  Seated figure of a wild boar. Subject:  Animal -- Pig Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Lyndon Center Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Lyndon, 20 Park Avenue, Lyndonville, Vermont 05851 Located Park, Lyndon Center, Vermont 05851 Remarks:  The original Wild Boar was reportedly done in marble by a Greek or Roman artist. A plaster mold was made by Renaissance sculptor Pietro Tacca. In 1857, Benelli working in Florence from Tacca's old, repaired plaster mold cast a bronze boar. Several casts of the 1857 boar have reportedly been made, including this in Lyndonville. The Lyndonville boar was a gift to the city from Luther B. Harris and then bank president of the Lyndonville National Bank. An amateur sculptor himself, Harris chiseled the foundation for the statue. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992. Fisher, Harriet, ed., "Look Around Lyndon," N.p., 1978, pg. 7. Illustration:  Image on file. Fisher, Harriet, ed., "Look Around Lyndon," N.p., 1978, pg. 7. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS VT000188   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VT000188 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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