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    		• Buyens, Alois G.,
     
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    		• Ames Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• History -- Exploration
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Queen Isabella
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Spanish
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Emblem -- Cross
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Revere
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Buyens, Alois G., sculptor.
    Ames Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1892. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1892. Relocated 1925.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete and marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Base: approx. 100 x 70 x 59 in.
    Inscription: 
    A. BUYENS, BOSTON 1892 / AMES MFG. CO. CHICOPEE, MASS signed founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A standing portrait of Christopher Columbus with his proper right hand pointing to a globe and his proper left hand pointing toward heaven. The sculpture rests on a square base adorned with two bronze relief plaques. The front of the base contains a bronze relief depicting Columbus holding a trowel in his proper right hand and kneeling in front of a cross he has just erected. His men stand and kneel behind him. On the other side of the cross there is a Native American and a religious figure giving a blessing. The north side of the base contains a bronze relief depicting a woman holding a cornucopia and standing in a chariot that is drawn by a horse. A bright star appears over her proper right shoulder. Columbus leads the horse and chariot toward a throned figure of Queen Isabella of Spain.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Dress -- Historic -- Renaissance Dress
    History -- Exploration -- Americas
    History -- United States -- Discovery of U.S.
    Portrait female -- Queen Isabella -- Bust
    Ethnic -- Spanish
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Carriage
    Animal -- Horse
    Emblem -- Cross
    Figure group
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Occupation -- Religion
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Revere
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Church of St. Anthony of Padua, 250 Revere Street, Revere, Massachusetts 02151
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts 1892-1925.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and was presented to Archbishop Williams on October 12, 1892 when it was installed in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. In 1925 Cardinal O'Connell ordered the sculpture moved to the plaza in front of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Revere.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 169.
    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 87740259
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