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Marchiori, Giovanni,
White, Stanford,
Figure female -- Full length
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Animal -- Lion
Allegory -- Quality
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Morristown
Sculpture
Fortitude, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Marchiori, Giovanni, 1696-1778, sculptor.
White, Stanford, 1853-1906, architect.
Title:
Fortitude, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. mid-18th c.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Marble or limestone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 7 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.
Inscription:
Gio Marchior signed
Description:
A female figure in classical armour, leaning on a column, a word or scepter in her proper left hand, a recumbent lion at her feet.
Subject:
Figure female
--
Full length
Dress
--
Historic
--
Classical Dress
Dress
--
Accessory
--
Helmet
Animal
--
Lion
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Fortitude
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
Jersey
--
Morristown
Sculpture
Owner:
Delbarton School/St. Mary's Abbey, Mendham Road, Italianate Gardens, north wall,
Morristown
,
New
Jersey
07960
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Kountze, Luther, Mendham Road,
Morristown
,
New
Jersey
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was excavated and imported from Italy in the 1880s. It was purchased by Luther Kountze for his
new
country estate "Delbarton," and installed in the garden completed in 1890 by Stanford White. In 1925, the Kountze estate was sold to the Benedictines of St. Mary's Abbey; and, in 1939, Delbarton School was founded. IAS files contain copy of 1986/1987 Morris County Cultural Resources Survey (#1422-019); and related articles from
Morristown
Public Library vertical files (Delbarton School or Kountze Estate), including excerpt from Morris County Magazine, Aug. 1983.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
Jersey
survey, 1994.
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 NJ000344
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NJ000344
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