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Saccomanno, Santo,
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Reptile
Homage -- Branch, John Patteson
Homage -- Branch, Mary Kerr
Homage -- Kerr, Mary Louisa Merritt
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
Sculpture
Weeping Woman and Cross (Branch Plot), (sculpture).
Artist:
Saccomanno, Santo, 1833-1914, sculptor.
Title:
Weeping Woman and Cross (Branch Plot), (sculpture).
Dates:
1899.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Marble.
Dimensions:
Approx. 112 x 76 1/2 x 65 in.
Inscription:
SANTO SACCOMANNO FECE 1899 GENOA ITALY (On right side of base:) JOHN PATTESON BRANCH/BORN IN PETERBURG, VIRGINIA - OCT. 9, 1830/DIED IN RICHMOND FEB. 2, 1915. (On left side of base:) MARY LOUISE MERRITT KERR,/WIFE OF JOHN PATTESON BRANCH./BORN AT KINGSTON DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VIRGINIA/JUNE 27, 1840./DIED IN MUNICH, BAVARIA, DEC. 20, 1896 signed
Description:
A weeping female figure seated on top of a marble coffin and leaning against a large marble cross. In her proper left hand she holds a snake and in her proper right hand she once held a bouquet of poppies, but they are now missing.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Homage -- Branch, John Patteson
Homage -- Branch, Mary Kerr
Homage -- Kerr, Mary Louisa Merritt
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond
Sculpture
Owner:
Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
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 75008380
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Inventory of American Sculpture
75008380
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