The Arts, (sculpture).

The Arts, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

The Arts, (sculpture).

St. Mary's School Relief Sculpture, (sculpture).

Saint Mary's School Relief Sculpture, (sculpture).

Cement and plaster, painted.

Approx. 40 x 18 x 7 1/2 in.

Oval relief, featuring a crossed trumpet and mandolin, amidst acanthus leaves.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Mandolin

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet

Object -- Flower -- Acanthus

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches

Architectural component

On loan to Museum of Historic Natchitoches, 840 Washington Street, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457

Lent by DeBlieux, Robert,

Formerly located St. Mary's Academy, Touline Street & 3rd Street, Natchitoches, Louisiana

The relief symbolizes the Arts. It originally resided as an eave ornament on the left side of St. Mary's Academy building. A missing twin sculpture that resided on the right eave represented the "Sciences." The building was used by a number of religious orders as a place of education from the years 1846 through the end of the century. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Carol Wells' "Cane River Country, Louisiana," Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State University Press, 1979, pg. 73.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.

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