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del Monte, Alessandro,
Marie Christine d'Orleans,
Portrait female -- Joan of Arc
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
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Sculpture
Joan of Arc, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
del Monte, Alessandro, founder.
Marie Christine d'Orleans, 1813-1839, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Joan of Arc, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1996. Dedicated Dec. 16, 1998.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 80 x 28 x 31 in.
Inscription:
(On base:) DOMUS DEL ROMA Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing portrait of Joan of Arc wearing a dress with a suit of armor over her chest. Her arms are crossed over her chest and she holds a sword in front of her with her proper right hand. A sheath for the sword hangs from her proper left side. Behind her proper right foot is a tree stump.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Joan of Arc -- Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
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Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wichita, Public Works, 455 North Main, Wichita, Kansas 67203
Located Wichita Public Library, 223 South Main, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Remarks:
The authorized bronze statue was cast in Rome by Alessandro del Monte, copied from a composite stone version that had been given to Wichita in 1970 by its' sister city Orleans (see IAS record 75004996). (The stone composite was an authorized copy of an 1836 Versailles statue by Princess Marie, daughter of King Louis Philippe of the House of Orleans). The bronze replica, which cost $11,000, was funded by Friends of the Sister Cities, Project Beauty and the City of Wichita.
IAS files contain related articles from The Wichita Eagle, March 15, 1996; Nov. 10, 1996, and Dec. 17, 1996.
References:
Project Beauty, Inc., 1999.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 5.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 5.
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 74890014
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
74890014
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