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Religion -- New Testament
Religion -- Angel
Figure female -- Child
Object -- Written Matter
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Beverly
Sculpture
(St. Mary's Facade Figures), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(St. Mary's Facade Figures), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Virgin Mary, (sculpture).
Angel and Child, (sculpture).
Dates:
1920.
Medium:
Concrete.
Dimensions:
2 sculptures. Each sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
The facade of St. Mary's School is adorned with two niches, one containing a sculpture of the Virgin Mary and the other containing a sculpture of an angel with a child. The Virgin Mary stands with her arms folded across her chest and her head bowed. The angel points to the heavens with her proper right hand and with her proper right hand reaches down to a child standing on her proper right. The child has her proper right hand on her heart and a book held in her proper left hand.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Mary
Religion -- Angel
Figure female -- Child
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Beverly
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, 253 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
Located St. Mary's Star of the Sea School, 13 Chapman Street, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000322
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000322
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