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Friedrich Schiller, (sculpture). Artist:  Rau, Ernst, 1839-1875, sculptor. Wilhelm, O. J., architect. Hodges & McCarthy, contractor. Guss V. H. Pelargus, founder. Title:  Friedrich Schiller, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Johann Schiller, (sculpture). Dates:  1898. Dedicated Nov. 10, 1898. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: Missouri red granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 11 x 11 x 11 ft. Inscription:  (Inscribed in bronze plinth:) Ernst Rau fec./Guss V.H. Pelargus Stuttgart 1898 (On front of base, raised relief:) SCHILLER (On back of base:) Presented/by/C. G. STIFEL/Nov. 10, 1898 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing male figure holding a pen in his proper right hand, and a roll of papers in his proper left hand. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow so that the pen is held in front of his chest. His proper left arm hangs down at his side. He stands with his proper left leg forward. Subject:  Portrait male -- Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Dramatist Occupation -- Writer -- Critic Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Occupation -- Education -- Historian Ethnic -- German Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of St. Louis, Board of Public Service, City Hall, Twelfth and Market Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Located Memorial Plaza, Market & 14th Streets, St. Louis, Missouri Provenance:  Formerly located St. Louis Park, St. Louis, Missouri Remarks:  Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, dramatist, critic, philosopher, and historian. Monument donated by Colonel Charles G. Stifel. Monument committee: Schiller verein. Statue is an exact duplicate of a statue in Schiller's hometown, Marbach, Germany. This sculpture was installed in 1898 in St. Louis Park, but is now located in Memorial Plaza. O. J. Wilhelm was the architect of the sculpture's base. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MO5001, 1989. McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Monumental News (June 1920): pg. 454-455. Illustration:  Image on file. McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 51. Monumental News (June 1920): pg. 454. 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 76000977   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76000977 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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