Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Johnston, Clarence H., Sr.,
Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- Angel
Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Sheep
Animal -- Fish
Animal -- Bird
Fantasy -- Dragon
Object -- Other
Object -- Other
Object -- Fruit
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
Annunciation, Eucharist, Animal Images, Decoration, (sculpture).
Artist:
Johnston, Clarence H., Sr., sculptor.
Title:
Annunciation, Eucharist, Animal Images, Decoration, (sculpture).
Dates:
1902-1905. Dedicated May 24, 1905.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Reliefs: stone; Base: stone.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Reliefs above windows and doorways to a church, depicting the Annunciation, the Eucharist, animals and decorations. The Annunciation scene depicts Mary, wearing robes and kneeling with her hands clasped, with a kneeling angel in front of her. The Eucharist shows two angels kneeling and praying on either side of a small table with a chalice on it. In smaller arched reliefs are a winged dragon, an eagle and a lamb, each with a scroll in front of them. On three other small arched reliefs above windows are two crossed keys, three fish and a chalice with grapes on one side and plants on the other.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Religion -- Angel
Religion -- New Testament -- Annunciation
Animal -- Sheep
Animal -- Fish
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Fantasy -- Dragon
Object -- Other -- Chalice
Object -- Other -- Key
Object -- Fruit -- Grape
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Paul Seminary, 2260 Summit, Facade, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
Remarks:
The historic St. Paul seminary was built by James T. Hill and Archbishop John Ireland as St. Paul's first School of Divinity.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul 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 MN000325
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000325
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact