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Angel of Mercy, (sculpture). Artist:  Buratti, Urbano, 1916- , sculptor. Breton, Constantine, designer. Fonderia Artistica Versiliese, founder. Title:  Angel of Mercy, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 80 x 40 x 38 in.; Base: approx. 46 x 46 x 46 in. Inscription:  Urbano Buratti/Constantine Breton (In a square:) Fonderia Artistica/Versiliese/Pietrasanta (Italy) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Winged angel, her hair in loose waves, stands barefoot on a cloud-like form. She is dressed in billowing, full-length drapery which is gathered at the waist. Her hands are outstretched in a welcoming gesture. Sculpture and stone base sit inside a raised planting bed. Subject:  Religion -- Angel Allegory -- Quality -- Charity Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Homewood Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Homewood, Alabama 35229 Located Dwight and Lucille Beeson Center for the Healing Arts, Dawson Drive, Homewood, Alabama Remarks:  The statue is the result of a collaboration between Birmingham sculptor Constantine Breton, who designed the work, and Italian sculptor Urbano Buratti, who cast the statue in Florence, Italy. Working from Breton's drawings, Buratti created a fully-dimensional clay statue of the angel, then executed a mold from which the bronze angel was cast. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000092   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000092 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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