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    		• Moretti, Giuseppe,
     
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    Hygeia, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Moretti, Giuseppe, 1857-1935, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Hygeia, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1922.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    G. Moretti (Front of base:) NON SIBI SED PATRIAE/THIS MONUMENT/IN HONOR OF/FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MEMBERS/OF THE/ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY/WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918/IS PRESENTED AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED/BY THEIR COLLEAGUES./HONOR EST PRAEMIUM VIRTUTIS (On the left and right sides of the base, there are bronze plaques each with 225 names.)
    Description: 
    The classically-draped figure of Hygeia, daughter of Aesclepius and goddess of health, is shown striding forward. She holds up a torch in her proper right hand and holds a caduceus in the bend of her proper left arm. A leaf and dart motif adorns the base of the bronze figure. The sculpture rests atop a stone stepped base adorned with two bronze plaques.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Hygeia
    Emblem
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Pittsburgh, Citiparks, Department of Public Works, 611 Second Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
    Located Phipps Conservatory, One Schenley Park, Entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
    Remarks: 
    The Allegheny County Medical Society erect this memorial to all of its members who served in World War I. The 1994 SOS! survey reports that the piece has been conserved/restored within past 5 years.
    References: 
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 188.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0233, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 243.
    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 64480106
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