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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Milione, A. Regis,     Portrait male -- Luther, Martin     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Religion     Object -- Musical Instrument     Performing Arts -- Music     Object -- Written Matter     Figure group     Architecture -- Detail     Architecture exterior -- Religious     Relief     Architectural component     Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Springfield     Sculpture

Martin Luther the Teacher, Martin Luther the Musician, (sculpture). Artist:  Milione, A. Regis, d. 1955, sculptor. Title:  Martin Luther the Teacher, Martin Luther the Musician, (sculpture). Dates:  1956. Dedicated 1956. Rededicated 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Indiana limestone; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 48 in. x 19 in.; Base: approx. W. 61 in. x D. 31 in. Inscription:  (At bottom left of side with Luther the Musician:) A. Regis Milione (At top:) MARTIN LUTHER/THE MUSICIAN (On side with Luther the Teacher:) A. R. Milione (At top:) MARTIN LUTHER/THE EDUCATOR signed Description:  An upright slab with bas-reliefs of Martin Luther on each side. On one side, Luther is depicted playing a lute while seated. He wears a robe. In the background are a man and woman who are jointly holding a book, and behind them is a church. At the top of the bas-relief is a banner with the legend "MARTIN LUTHER/THE MUSICIAN. On the other side, Martin Luther is depicted sitting. He wears a robe, and holds a book in his proper left hand. His proper right arm is around the shoulders of a boy standing beside him. Behind and to the proper right of that boy are three other boys or young men. A pulpit is behind Luther. At the top of the bas-relief is a banner bearing the legend "MARTIN LUTHER/THE EDUCATOR." Subject:  Portrait male -- Luther, Martin -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Occupation -- Religion -- Monk Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lute Performing Arts -- Music -- Lute Object -- Written Matter -- Book Figure group Architecture -- Detail -- Pulpit Architecture exterior -- Religious Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Springfield Sculpture Owner:  Wittenberg University, P. O. Box 720, Weaver Chapel, in front of Chapel-Library, Springfield, Ohio 45501 Remarks:  Formerly a roof support and frieze at Chapel entrance, the bas-reliefs were moved in 1979-1981, when the building was enlarged. Wittenberg University is a Lutheran college. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 OH000205   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000205 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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