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Temperance, (sculpture). Artist:  Marchiori, Giovanni, 1696-1778, sculptor. White, Stanford, 1853-1906, architect. Title:  Temperance, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. mid-18th c. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Marble or limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft. Inscription:  Marchior signed Description:  A draped female figure, wearing a tiara, her proper left hand resting on an urn, holding a bridle and bit. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object -- Other -- Vase Allegory -- Quality -- Temperance Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Morristown Sculpture Owner:  Delbarton School/St. Mary's Abbey, Mendham Road, Italianate Gardens, north wall, Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Kountze, Luther, Mendham Road, Morristown, New Jersey Remarks:  The sculpture was excavated and imported from Italy in the 1880s. It was purchased by Luther Kountze for his new country estate "Delbarton," and installed in the garden completed in 1890 by Stanford White. In 1925, the Kountze estate was sold to the Benedictines of St. Mary's Abbey; and, in 1939, Delbarton School was founded. IAS files contain copy of 1986/1987 Morris County Cultural Resources Survey (#1422-019); and related articles from Morristown Public Library vertical files (Delbarton School or Kountze Estate), including excerpt from Morris County Magazine, Aug. 1983. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994. 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 NJ000345   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000345 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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