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Fontini,
Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Reptile
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Coal City
Sculpture
(Virgin Mary Crushing a
Snake
), (sculpture).
Artist:
Fontini, sculptor.
Title:
(Virgin Mary Crushing a
Snake
), (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted undetermined media.
Description:
Virgin Mary, with her arms outstretched, crushing a
snake
with her proper left foot. She wears a full length white robe, and a light blue cape, both edged with gold trim. Covering her brown hair is a piece of white drapery. Her head leans down a bit. The
snake
that she crushes is black, and its open mouth reveals red inside and a long tongue.
Subject:
Religion
--
New Testament
--
Mary
Animal
--
Reptile
--
Snake
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Illinois
--
Coal City
Sculpture
Owner:
Church of Assumption, 245 South Kankakee Street, Front of the building, Coal City, Illinois 60416
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
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 IL000031
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IL000031
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