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(Virgin Mary Crushing a Snake), (sculpture). Artist:  Fontini, sculptor. Title:  (Virgin Mary Crushing a Snake), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted undetermined media. Description:  Virgin Mary, with her arms outstretched, crushing a snake with her proper left foot. She wears a full length white robe, and a light blue cape, both edged with gold trim. Covering her brown hair is a piece of white drapery. Her head leans down a bit. The snake that she crushes is black, and its open mouth reveals red inside and a long tongue. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Mary Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Coal City Sculpture Owner:  Church of Assumption, 245 South Kankakee Street, Front of the building, Coal City, Illinois 60416 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. 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 IL000031   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000031 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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