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    		• A. DA. Prato Company,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
     
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    Weeping Mother Group - Mother, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    A. DA. Prato Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Weeping Mother Group - Mother, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Our Lady of LaSalette: First Phase of the Apparition, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1951.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 44 x 22 x 34 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On lower left of figure:) Made in Italy (On lower right of figure:) A DAPRATO OF BOSTON, MASS. unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A figure of Our Lady of LaSalette, dressed in a full-length robe ornamented with carved roses, and a crown with roses and rays of light, sits with her elbows on her knees and her face buried in the palms of her hands. The figure is placed atop a partially submerged marble base on hillside.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Enfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    LaSalette Shrine, Route 4A, P. O. Box 420, LaSalette Garden, Enfield, New Hampshire 03748
    Remarks: 
    One of a grouping of three figures, the sculpture commemorates the Virgin Mary's apparition in 1846 at LaSalette, France, to two children, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat, who were watching their cows in the French Alps. Mary is shown as she first appeared to the children. Sculptures of the children Maximin Giraud (IAS record NH000287) and Melanie Calvat (IAS record NH000288) are placed further up the hill from Mary. IAS files contain articles from the Manchester Union Leader, June 1, 1951; and The Canaan Reporter and Enfield Advocate (Canaan, New Hampshire), May 24, 1951, pg. 1; and May 7, 1953, pg. 1. IAS files contain a photocopy of a "LaSalette Shrine, Enfield, N.H., Walking Tour Guide."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
    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 NH000286
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