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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Rietschel, Ernest Friedrich August,     Unknown (Lauchhammer, Germany),     Flour City Ornamental Ironworks,     Portrait male -- Luther, Martin     Occupation -- Religion     Occupation -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Clayton     Sculpture

Martin Luther, (sculpture). Artist:  Rietschel, Ernest Friedrich August, 1804-1861, sculptor. Unknown (Lauchhammer, Germany), founder. Flour City Ornamental Ironworks, founder. Title:  Martin Luther, (sculpture). Dates:  1868. Dedicated 1903. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze, painted; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 11 ft. 6 in. x 45 in. x 45 in.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 103 in. x 103 in. Inscription:  geg Lauchhammer (On front of base, incised:) LUTHER Founder's mark appears. Description:  "The sculpture is of a standing figure with the head tilted slightly upwards, looking forward. The proper left hand is holding a book and the proper right hand is placed over the book. The figure is wearing a long flowing robe over what appears to be clothing. The collar is showing. The proper right foot is placed forward from the body." Subject:  Portrait male -- Luther, Martin -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Monk Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Clayton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Concordia Seminary, 801 Demun Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105 Located Concordia Seminary, Luther Parking Lot on Eastern Edge of Campus, overlooking Demun Avenue, Clayton, Missouri Remarks:  Cast posthumously. This sculpture is one of several casts after the original made in Worms, Germany in 1868. The sculptor, Ernest Friedrich August Rietschel, died in 1861, before the work was finished. His assistants completed the work, and the original sculpture was dedicated in 1883 in Worms. This cast, acquired by Concordia Seminary in 1903 as a gift of Luther and Walther Monument Association, was first placed on the former campus of the Seminary on South Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis. It was moved to the Clayton campus about 1924. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993. McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Bankson, Benjamin, 1988. Lueker, Erwin L., ed., "Lutheran Cyclopedia," St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1975. Graebner, Theodore, "Concordia Seminary: Its History, Architecture and Symbolism," St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1926? Illustration:  Image on file. McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 46. 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 73940011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 73940011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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