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Herodotus, (sculpture). Artist:  French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor. Title:  Herodotus, (sculpture). Medium:  Bronze. Description:  Full-length standing portrait of Herodotus as a traveler. He holds a staff and shades his eyes with a scroll as he gazes into the distance. Subject:  Portrait male -- Herodotus -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Historian Ethnic -- Greek Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- History Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Library of Congress, 10 1st Street, S.E., Rotunda Reading Room, Washington, District of Columbia 20540 Remarks:  One of sixteen statues set along the balustrade of the galleries. The statues are in pairs, each pair flanking one of the piers of the Rotunda. Herodotus, along with Gibbon, stands as a representative of History. References:  Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 93-96. Illustration:  Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 95. 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 08480013   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08480013 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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