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(Waterbury Municipal Complex: City Hall Relief Medallions, (sculpture). Artist:  Rossack, Peter, sculptor. Gilbert, Cass, 1858-1934, architect. Title:  (Waterbury Municipal Complex: City Hall Relief Medallions, (sculpture). Dates:  1914. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  Each: approx. Diam. 4 ft. Description:  Ten bas-relief discs mounted in the upper story of City Hall. Two of the discs are in the Field Street Facade (east), six are in the Grand Street facade (north), and two are in the west facade. All are adorned with symbolic figures set within a carved leaf surround. The two discs in the east facade are TRUTH, a seated female holding a skull in her outstretched hands; and PRUDENCE, a seated female gazing into a mirror as a serpent entwines her arm. The six discs on the Grand Street facade include INDUSTRY, a workman seated on a bench among wheels, cogs, and gears; CITY SEAL, a seated mother with child and the seal before them; COMMERCE, an athletic figure of Mercury with winged helmet, sandals, and a staff of coiling snakes; FORCE, a seated Roman gladiator representing the backbone of the City's life; LAW, an aged man reading a scroll spread across his knees; and JUSTICE, a seated female figure holding aloft scales. The two discs on the west facade are WISDOM, an aged man holding the lamp of knowledge; and ORDER, a seated female wearing a helmet and carrying a mace. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Truth Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Other -- Trade Allegory -- Civic -- Law Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Emblem -- Seal Mythology -- Classical -- Mercury Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Figure -- Fragment -- Skull Object Type:  Medallion Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Waterbury, Office of the Mayor, 235 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702 Located City Hall, 235 Grand Street, Facade, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000044   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000044 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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