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St. John Baptist De LaSalle, (sculpture). Artist:  Daprato Statuary Company, fabricator. Title:  St. John Baptist De LaSalle, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Saint John Baptist De LaSalle, (sculpture). Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 3 ft. 7 in. Inscription:  Daprato Statuary Company, Chicago, New York & Pietrasent (sic) Italy. (On front of base:) St. John Baptist/De LaSalle/Gift of Friends of the School unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  St. John Baptiste De LaSalle stands with his proper left arm on the shoulder of a standing boy student who holds an open book with both hands. A smaller boy sits on a stool by De LaSalle's proper right foot, reading from an open book. Two books are stacked on the ground behind the standing boy. De LaSalle is dressed in the robes of a church dignitary, wearing of an ankle-length robe with buttons running down the front from the collar to the hem, a sash around the waist and a long cape draped over his shoulders. The boys are dressed in early 19th century clothes, wearing knee-length britches and knickers. The standing boy wears a knee-length coat. The sculpture is mounted upon a graduated, inscribed base. Subject:  Portrait male -- LaSalle, St. John Baptiste De -- Full length Figure group -- Male & Child Occupation -- Education -- Student Occupation -- Religion Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress Object -- Written Matter -- Book Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Winona Sculpture Owner:  St. Mary's College, 700 Terrace Heights, In front of St. Mary's Hall, Winona, Minnesota 55987 Remarks:  The sculpture is a gift of friends of the school. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000361   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000361 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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