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Weinman, Adolph A.,
Allegory -- Place
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Quality
Allegory -- Civic
Figure group
Emblem -- Seal
Object -- Musical Instrument
Pediment
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Jefferson City
Sculpture
Pediment for South Entrance, (sculpture).
Artist:
Weinman, Adolph A., 1870-1952, sculptor.
Title:
Pediment for South Entrance, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1926.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Burlington limestone.
Inscription:
(On tablet held by central figure of
Missouri
:) SALUS.POPULI/SUPREMA LEX/EST
Description:
At the center of the pediment is a seated figure representing
Missouri
, her left arm rests on a shield bearing the coat of arms of the state of
Missouri
. A boy with a winged globe (the Spirit of Progress) stands to her proper right. The right side of the pediment contains personifications of Agriculture (a man driving a pair of oxen), Art (a female leaning on a capital and supporting a harp), and Learning (a female figure teaching a child), and behind the figure of Art, the "Genius of Light." The left side illustrates Commerce (Hermes guiding the steeds of Industry), Law (contemplating tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments which are held by a child; Order (a reclining female figure crushing the serpent of Anarchy); and a figure of Justice.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Place
--
Missouri
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Agriculture
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Art
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Education
Allegory
--
Arts & Sciences
--
Industry
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Justice
Allegory
--
Civic
--
Law
Figure group
Emblem
--
Seal
Object
--
Musical Instrument
--
Harp
Object Type:
Pediment
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Missouri
--
Jefferson City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Missouri
, Office of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, 301 West High Street, Jefferson City,
Missouri
65101
Located
Missouri
State Capitol, South entrance, Jefferson City,
Missouri
65101
Remarks:
IAS files contain clipping from Post-Tribune (Jefferson City, MO), Jan. 8, 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Missouri
survey, 1994.
Missouri
Capitol Commission Board, "The
Missouri
State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Missouri
Capitol Commission Board, "The
Missouri
State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed. (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission," pg. 46).
Related Works:
For model see: 27280017.
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 27620015
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