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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Manger, Heinrich,     Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),     Portrait male -- Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Education     Ethnic -- German     Figure female -- Full length     Object -- Musical Instrument     Figure male -- Full length     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia     Sculpture

Schiller, (sculpture). Artist:  Manger, Heinrich, b. 1833, sculptor. Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), founder. Title:  Schiller, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1885. Installed Oct. 25, 1886. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Upper base: granite; Sub-base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 108 x 35 x 34 in.; Upper base: approx. 65 x 52 x 52 in.; Sub-base: approx. 67 x 112 x 112 in. Inscription:  (Base, front:) GEWIDMET/VOM/CANNSTATTER/VOLKS-FEST/VEREIN./A.D. 1886 (Sub-base, front:) SHILLER Description:  Standing portrait of Schiller dressed in a long double-breasted coat, a buttoned double-breasted vest, a ruffle-necked shirt, and knee britches. His long curly hair is pulled back and he stands with his head facing to his proper left and with his proper right leg forward. His proper left arm rests against a tree stump. His proper right arm is bent and rests at his waist. In his proper right hand he holds a book. On the base just below the sculpture, there are three plaques. The front plaque contains a relief of a female seated on a tree branch. She holds a lute in her proper left hand and rests her proper right hand in her lap. There is a swan in the upper right corner. The back plaque contains a relief of a winged male holding a torch in his proper right hand and a scroll in his proper left hand. The third plaque, on the left side of the base, contains a relief of a female figure seated on a tree branch. She rests her proper left hand on shield and her proper right hand on a broken sword. There is a dragon in the upper left corner. Subject:  Portrait male -- Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Dramatist Occupation -- Writer -- Critic Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Occupation -- Education -- Historian Ethnic -- German Figure female -- Full length Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lute Figure male -- Full length Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Fairmount Park, Horticultural Center, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Commissioned by the Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein in 1885. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5077, 1989. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156. Monumental News, June 1891, pg. 207. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156. 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 75009312   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009312 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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