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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Barnhorn, Clement John,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     Homage -- Duveneck, Frank     Occupation -- Art     Occupation -- Art     Religion -- Angel     Emblem -- Heart     Object -- Written Matter     Emblem -- Chi-rho Monogram     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Covington     Gravestone     Sculpture

The Statue of Angels, (sculpture). Artist:  Barnhorn, Clement John, 1857-1935, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  The Statue of Angels, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Frank Duveneck's Tomb, (sculpture). Dates:  1923 or 1924-1925. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Angels: bronze; Tomb: red granite. Dimensions:  4 angels. Each angel: approx. 3 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. x 13 in.; Tomb: approx. 6 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On base of all angels, except angel on proper right of tomb:) Clement J. Barnhorn (On base of angel on proper right of tomb:) Gorham Co. Founders (On angels:) 1923 (On center front of tomb, incised:) DUVENECK signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Four angels stand on each corner of Duveneck's tomb. The angels wear robes and have large, outspread wings which are folded back against the front and sides of the tomb. A male angel on the proper left front holds a round tablet marked with the Chi-rho monogram, a symbol for Christ. The male angel on the proper right front holds a rectangular tablet, inscribed "surrexit/non/est hic." A female angel on the proper right rear holds a heart in her proper right hand. A male angel on the proper left rear has his proper left hand on his forehead and his proper right hand across his body. The tomb is rectangular and multitiered. Subject:  Homage -- Duveneck, Frank Occupation -- Art -- Painter Occupation -- Art -- Sculptor Religion -- Angel Emblem -- Heart Object -- Written Matter Emblem -- Chi-rho Monogram Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Covington Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Mother of God Cemetery, 2701 Latonia Avenue, Section 11, Covington, Kentucky 41015 Remarks:  Frank Duveneck, 1848-1919, was a renown artist of the American Realist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Clement J. Barnhorn, was a friend and protege of Duveneck's, and they collaborated on several works of art. IAS files a short biography on Frank Duveneck. IAS files also contain related information from Reverend Freiberg's and Walter Anthony's "A Guide to the Cathedral," Covington, KY: Messenger, 1947, pg. 40-41; and an excerpt from an unidentified source on Barnhorn that gives 1924-1925 as the execution dates for Duveneck's sarcophagus. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000199   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000199 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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