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WWII Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Daprato Statuary Company, fabricator. Buonarroti, Michelangelo, 1475-1564, painter. (copy after) Title:  WWII Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  World War II Memorial, (sculpture). Pieta, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed soon after World War II. Medium:  Sculpture: white marble; Base: stone. Inscription:  (Plaques on front of base list names of war dead) Description:  The sculpture, a copy of Michelangelo's "Pieta," depicts Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus in her lap. Jesus rests against her proper right arm. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War II Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- New Testament -- Mary Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion State of Being -- Death -- Execution State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Schenectady Copy Sculpture Owner:  St. Anthony's Church, Park in front of church at Park Place, Seward Place & Nott Street, Schenectady, New York Remarks:  The sculpture was erected in memory of soldiers who died in World War II. IAS files contain an article from the Schenectady Union Star, Aug. 8, 1966, pg. 4. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. 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 NY001100   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001100 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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