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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Biondi, Ernesto,     Portrait male -- Sorin, Edward F.     Occupation -- Education     Occupation -- Religion     Dress -- Ecclesiastical     Object -- Written Matter     Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Notre Dame     Sculpture

Edward F. Sorin, (sculpture). Artist:  Biondi, Ernesto, sculptor. Title:  Edward F. Sorin, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1906. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base, two kinds of finished stone including granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 10 x 10 ft. Inscription:  C. Br(...illegible) (On front of plinth:) (Illegible inscription) (Incised in front of base:) D.O.M./HOC. IN MEMORIAM/EDUARD E. SORIN./SUP. GEN. C.S.C./NOSTRAE. COMINAE. UNIVERSITATIS./FUNDATORIS./QUI APOSTOLICIS VIRTUTIBUS CLARUS/CATHOLICAE. AMERICANAE./EDUCATIONIS STUDIOSISSIMUS/VIII ID. FEB. A.D.MDCCCXIV NATUS/A. LXXVIII.M.X. VIXIT./DISCIPULI. ALUMNI. AMICI./VENERATIONIS. GRATITUDINIS/PIGNUS POSUERE/AN. SAL. REP. MCMV. (On base, in applied stone:) SORIN signed Description:  A full-length, standing figure of Father Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame. He is depicted with a long beard and wearing ecclesiastical robes. His arms are folded, and his proper right hand is holding his proper left wrist. In his proper left hand he holds a partially open book. He stands on a tall base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sorin, Edward F. -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Dress -- Ecclesiastical Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Notre Dame Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Notre Dame, Facilities Operations, 100 Maintenance Center, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Located University of Notre Dame, Main Quadrangle, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Remarks:  Edward F. Sorin was the founder of the University of Notre Dame. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000296   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000296 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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