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James Monroe, (sculpture). Artist:  Piccirilli, Attilio, 1866-1945, sculptor. Title:  James Monroe, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1897. Dedicated April 25, 1932. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: Carrara marble; Base: Georgia marble; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 12 ft. x 58 in. x 51 in.; Base: approx. 60 x 59 x 52 in. Inscription:  Attilio Piccirilli sc (Front of base, incised:) JAMES MONROE/1758-1831 signed Description:  Standing portrait of James Monroe with his proper right arm extended and his proper left hand resting on a column. In his proper right hand he holds a manuscript. His proper right foot is forward. The sculpture stands atop a semicircular base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Monroe, James -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- President Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Occupation -- Political -- Governor Occupation -- Political -- Senator Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Charlottesville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 Located Ash Lawn-Highland, Albemarle County Route 795, Charlottesville, Virginia Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned in 1897 by the government of Venezuela to show appreciation for the Monroe Doctrine, which had helped avert a war between Venezuela and England. The sculpture was to be erected in Caracas, but an uprising that defeated the Crespo regime left no buyer for the sculpture. The sculpture remained in the sculptor's studio for the next 32 years, until it was acquired by Pittsburgh philanthropist Jay Winston Johns, who had recently purchased Monroe's home, Ash Lawn-Highland. Piccirilli gave Johns the Monroe statue as a gift to his adopted country. For many years, the sculptor visited Ash Lawn-Highland each fall in order to wrap the figure in canvas to protect it from damaging winter weather; each spring the sculptor returned to remove the canvas. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1994. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Inventory staff, 2001. 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 76009844   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76009844 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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