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Columbus Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Canessa, Achille, sculptor. L. Hilgartner & Sons, fabricator. Title:  Columbus Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1892. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble and bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 34 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 11 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On front of base:) TO/CRISTOFORO COLOMBO/THE ITALIANS OF/ BALTIMORE/1892 (On top step, left side of base:) BUILT BY/L. HILGARTNER & SONS (On bronze wreath, on front of base:) 12 OCT 1902 Description:  A standing portrait of Christopher Columbus holding a scroll in his proper right hand and resting his proper left hand on a globe. Behind him is a low wall adorned with a mooring ring. The sculpture rests atop a tall square base which rests on a set of three steps. On front of the granite base, just below the sculpture, is a bronze wreath. Subject:  Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Ethnic -- Italian Object -- Other -- Globe Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Located Druid Hill Park, Druid Lake Drive, Baltimore, Maryland Remarks:  The sculpture was given to the City of Baltimore by the Italian United Society of Baltimore on the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. It is a copy of one located in Genoa, Italy by Achille Canessa. The base was fabricated by L. Hilgartner & Sons. The bronze wreath on the base was subsequently given by local Italian societies. For additional information see William Sener Rusk's "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials," Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1929, pg. 27-28; Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection, 1987, pg. 42; and Wilbur Harvey Hunter, "The Monumental City, The Rinehart School of Sculpture 75th Anniversary Catalogue 1896-1971," pg. 21. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 The Peale Museum. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore 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 75006000   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75006000 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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