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Unknown (Italian),
Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Reptile
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Englewood
Sculpture
Our Lady of Grace, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Our Lady of Grace, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Mary Heaven's Queen, (sculpture).
Dates:
Before 1868. Relocated 1911. Dedicated Dec. 15, 1938.
Medium:
Sculpture: white Italian marble; Base: concrete, stone, and brick.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 59 x 24 x 14 in.; Base: approx. H. 40 in. x W. 16 ft.
Inscription:
(Plaque on marble plinth:) St. Mary's Academy 125th Anniversary Time Capsule 1989-1990 Placed in the vault on May 10, 1990 (Plaque on concrete base:) In Memory of Alice Cook Class 1938 Died April 7, 1936 unsigned
Description:
A full-length standing figure of the Virgin Mary. She wears a hooded robe, with lace at the neck. Her hands are at her sides, palms extended outward. Beneath her proper right foot is a snake eating an apple. The statue rests on a marble plinth, which sits a concrete base, in the center of a circular 4-stepped bricked paving.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Englewood
Sculpture
Owner:
St. Mary's Academy, 4545 South University Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80110
Provenance:
Formerly located St. Mary's Academy, 1911 East 14th Avenue & Pennsylvania Street, Denver, Colorado
Formerly located Pietra Santa, Italy before 1868.
Remarks:
IAS files contain related articles from Denver Post (Dec. 15, 1938, pg. 4); and Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO, Dec. 15, 1938); which discuss the dedication of the sculpture in a devotional grotto on St. Mary's Academy grounds at East 14th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street. The grotto was built by the students in memory of Alice Cook, a student of the class of 1938, who died in 1936. The statue was brought to Denver from Pietra Santa, Italy.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), Dec. 15, 1938.
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 CO000080
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000080
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