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Gardel Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Geefs, Guillaume, 1805-1883, sculptor. Title:  Gardel Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1862. Medium:  Granite and Italian marble. Dimensions:  H. 278 in. Description:  Pyramid-shaped tomb with three tiers of figures. The first level "represents a funeral procession consisting of Europe proceeded by Genius with torch and key come to deposit the cinerary urn in the pyramid; Asia on the left and Africa on the right." The second level is a bas-relief over the door containing the bust of Mrs. Gardel enclosed in a medallion supported in the hands of Hope and Faith, emblems of the religious character of the deceased. The top figure is America, "surrounded by the emblems of the physical sciences cut out on both sides of her socle and one arm resting on the Bible; deposits with the other, on the head of the deceased, the crown of Immortelles." Subject:  Figure group Animal -- Camel Allegory -- Place -- America Allegory -- Place -- Europe Allegory -- Place -- Africa Allegory -- Place -- Asia Portrait female -- Gardel, Mrs. Object -- Written Matter -- Book Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science Allegory -- Quality -- Hope Allegory -- Quality -- Faith Allegory -- Death Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Allegory -- Other -- Thought Object Type:  Gravestone Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Mount Vernon Cemetery, Ridge & Lehigh Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania References:  Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 67. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5121, 1989. Monumental News, March 1889, pg. 38. Illustration:  Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 67. 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 88320028   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88320028 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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