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Galileo, (sculpture). Artist:  Rhind, John Massey, 1860-1936, sculptor. Alden & Harlow, architectural firm. Title:  Galileo, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 1907. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 x 6 x 6 ft. Inscription:  MASSEY RHIND FECIT signed Description:  Galileo is seated in a chair with his proper left arm resting on the chair arm and his proper left hand resting against the left side of his head. In his proper right hand, he holds a compass which is resting on a globe. A tiny figure of Atlas carries the globe on its back. Galileo looks down at the globe to his proper right. Subject:  Portrait male -- Galilei, Galileo -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Astronomer Occupation -- Science -- Physicist Mythology -- Classical -- Atlas Ethnic -- Italian Object -- Other -- Globe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Entrance, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Remarks:  This sculpture is part of a grouping of sculptures created by Rhind in collaboration with the building's architects, Alden & Harlow. The cost was $180,000 for the sculptures. The grouping consists of four allegorical figures representing the four disciplines housed by the Institute --Art, Literature, Music, and Science (located on the roof above the two main entrances), and the earthly embodiments of these disciplines --Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, and Galileo (paired at each of the two main entrances). The sculptures were cast by lost wax in Italy, assembled and finished by Rhind in New York. This sculpture has doors in the back to permit access inside. The 1995 SOS! survey indicates that the sculpture was recently restored. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 167-168. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0193, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 224. Related Works:  Companion to: 76007628. Companion to: 64480088. Companion to: 76007631. Companion to: 76007632. Companion to: 64480089. Companion to: 64480090. Companion to: 64480091. 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 64480092   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480092 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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