Junipero Serra, (sculpture).

Junipero Serra, (sculpture).

Loriaux, Maurice, sculptor.

Junipero Serra, (sculpture).

Father Serra Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble on concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 10 x 3 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 14 ft.

(On plaque at back of base:) THE FATHER SERRA/MONUMENT/IS A DESIGN AND WORK BY/MAURICE LORIAUX/1945 unsigned

A full-length, standing figure of Father Junipero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who founded the California missions. He is dressed in a full-length, hooded robe and holds a cross in both hands before his chest. On the concrete base before the figure is a bronze map of California mounted on marble. The locations of the nine missions founded by Father Serra are indicated on the map. The nine missions are also identified on circular medallions mounted on a circular walkway surrounding the sculpture.

Portrait male -- Serra, Junipero -- Full length

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

History -- United States -- California

History -- United States -- Colonization

Allegory -- Place -- California

Ethnic -- Spanish

Dress -- Ecclesiastical

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Written Matter -- Map

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento

Administered by State of California, Building and Grounds, 1300 L Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Located Capitol Park, Northwest quadrant, east of the California State Capitol, Sacramento, California

The monument was funded by contributions of $9,500 each from the Native Sons of the Golden West and the Native Daughters of the Golden West, with a $19,000 matching grant from the State of California. On a nearby plaque: DEDICATED/to the memory of/FATHER/JUNIPERO SERRA/1713-1784/the first Franciscan missionary/to whom California owes an/everlasting tribute-he brought/civilization to our land and in deed/and character he deserves a foremost/place in the history of our State/NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST/NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST/AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. On nine medallions on walkway surrounding sculpture: 1772/SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOCASA; 1771/SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL; 1771/SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA; 1770/SAN CARLOS BOROMEA DE CARMELLO; 1769/SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA; 1782/SAN BUENA VENTURA; 1777/SANTA CLARA DE ASIS; 1776/SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO; 1776/SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS. IAS files contain articles pertaining to the decision to commission the memorial, from the Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), Sept. 1, 1964, pg. C-2, and the Sacramento Bee, May 23, 1964, pg. A-15. The dates of these articles conflict with the 1945 execution date reported on the SOS! survey.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1993.

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