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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Dresselly, Andrew,     Cram, Ralph Adams,     Adams, Henry S.,     Canova, Antonio,     Presbrey-Leland Company,     Cram and Ferguson,     Homage -- Caproni, Pietro Paolo     Homage -- Caproni, Gertrude Brinkhouse     Occupation -- Other     Animal -- Lion     Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston     Gravestone     Copy     Sculpture

The Caproni Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Dresselly, Andrew, sculptor. Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, architect. Adams, Henry S., landscape architect. Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822, sculptor. (copy after) Presbrey-Leland Company, fabricator. Cram and Ferguson, architectural firm. Title:  The Caproni Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Caproni Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Installed Sept. 8, 1929. Medium:  Sculpture: Dummerston granite; Base: Dummerston granite. Dimensions:  Lions: each approx. 2 x 2 x 3.3 ft.; Sarcophagus: approx. 3.6 x 7.8 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 1.3 x 11.8 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On side of base, beneath proper left lion, in incised letters:) RALPH ADAMS CRAM, ARCHITECT. (On front of sarcophagus, in incised letters:) CAPRONI (On rear of monument, in incised letters:) PIETRO PAOLO CAPRONI/NOVEMBER 18, 1862/OCTOBER 1, 1928/GERTRUDE BRINKHOUSE CAPRONI/HIS WIFE/JANUARY 13, 1876/MARCH 30, 1959 signed Description:  An inscribed sarcophagus with fluted columns on each corner is flanked by two resting lions. The lion on the proper left is asleep. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base and marks the graves of Pietro Paolo Caproni, 1862-1928, and his wife, Gertrude Brinkhouse Caproni, 1876-1959. Subject:  Homage -- Caproni, Pietro Paolo Homage -- Caproni, Gertrude Brinkhouse Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Gravestone Copy Sculpture Owner:  Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Lot 7211, Summit Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Remarks:  Pietro Caproni headed a firm in Boston from 1892 until 1925 that manufactured plaster casts of famous sculptures. He died in 1928, and according to his widow, he wanted to use copies of the Lions by Antonio Canova from the Tomb of Pope Clement XIII in Rome for his memorial. The memorial cost $7,600, and was installed on September 8, 1929, the 20th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Caproni. IAS files contain related cemetery records, including landscape plans of the monument and a sketch of the lions by Ralph Adams Cram. Cram did the original sketch for the monument; work was done by Cram and Ferguson. Andrew Dresselly sculpted the lions. Presbrey-Leland Studios did the stone work. Henry S. Adams planned and supervised the landscaping. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994. Antiques (Nov. 1998): pg. 697-703. Illustration:  Image on file. Antiques (Nov. 1998): pg. 702. 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 MA000097   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000097 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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