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    		• Jirouch, Frank Luis,
     
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    		• Unknown (Florence, Italy),
     
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    		• Kotecki Monuments,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Czech
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Jan Amos Komensky Comenius, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Jirouch, Frank Luis, 1878-1970, sculptor.
    Unknown (Florence, Italy), founder.
    Kotecki Monuments, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Jan Amos Komensky Comenius, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Jan Amos Comenius, (sculpture).
    John Amos Comenius, (sculpture).
    Jan Amos Komensky, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1957. Dedicated June 1, 1958.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished red granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 7 3/8 in. x 3 ft. 4 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. (1,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth, right:) JIROUCH SCULPTOR/1957 (On base in raised letters:) JAN AMOS/KOMENSKY/COMENIUS/BORN: MARCH 28, 1592, MORAVIA/DIED: NOV. 15, 1670, NAARDEN/FATHER OF/MODERN TEACHING METHODS/PRESENTED BY THE CZECHS OF CLEVELAND/AND OTHER FRIENDS signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Jan Amos Komensky Comenius stands on a square pedestal. The figure has long hair and a full moustache and beard. He wears a skull cap and a long robe with a fur border and full sleeves. His proper left hand rests on a square column. He holds an unfurled scroll on the column and his proper right hand is upraised with two fingers extended.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Czech
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
    Located Rockefeller Park, Czech Cultural Garden, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio
    Remarks: 
    Gift of the Czech community of Cleveland. IAS files contain articles from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 7, 1957 and May 15, 1958.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
    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 OH000568
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