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    		• Bergman, Herman,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Adolphus, Gustavus
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Swedish
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Gustavus Adolphus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bergman, Herman, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Gustavus Adolphus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1933. Dedicated Nov. 6, 1933.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: cast bronze, patinated; Base: red granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 29 x 24 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 57 x 22 x 21 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back, lower right of bust, incised letters:) Herman Bergman Fud. Stockholm 1933 (On front of base, raised letters:) GUSTAVUS/ADOLPHUS/1594-1632 (Bronze plaque on back of base, raised letters:) THIS BUST, UNVEILED/NOVEMBER 6, 1933/WAS DONATED BY/THE FREDRIQUE AND/ERIK DAHLBERG/GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS/FUND OF SWEDEN/AND ERECTED BY/THE ALUMNI. (Bronze plaque on lower edge of base, incised letters:) DONATIONS BY/PYRAMID GRANITE WORKS - ST. CLOUD/BABCOCK AND WILSON - KASOTA (On one side of base, raised letters:) SWEDISH LUTHERAN/HERO-KING/DEFENDER OF/PROTESTANTISM AND/FRIEND OF CULTURE (On opposite side, raised letters:) SVENSK LUTHERSK/HJAITEKONUNG/PROTESTANTISMENS/FORSVARARE OCH/BILDNINGENS VAN signed
    Description: 
    A bust of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. He has a moustache and goatee, wears a wreath of laurels on his head, and a scalloped collar with an incised, lace pattern that closes in front with a medallion. The king wears a coat of mail with swags shoulder-to-shoulder. The bust has a dark brown patina and is mounted on a tapered, rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Adolphus, Gustavus
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Ethnic -- Swedish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota 56082
    Located Gustavus Adolphus College, Eckman Mall, St. Peter, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    The bust commemorates Swedish King and school namesake, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632). The sculpture was donated by the Fredrique and Erik Dahlberg Gustavus Adolphus Fund of Sweden, and installed by the alumni. Donations were made by Pyramid Granite Works of St. Cloud and Babcock and Wilson Kasota. At one time the lettering was painted black. The sculpture is occasionally painted by campus pranksters.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    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 MN000382
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