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Unknown (Italian),
Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
Occupation -- Transportation
Occupation -- Other
Ethnic -- Italian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Title:
Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1850.
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.
Description:
A standing portrait of Christopher Columbus with his proper left hand held at his waist and his proper right hand held out at his side.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
Ethnic -- Italian
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Louisburg Square, Near 19th & 22nd streets, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
This sculpture, and the sculpture of Aristeides the Just (IAS record MA000222) at the other end of Louisburg Square, are believed to have been shipped from Italy on a ship owned by Louisburg Square resident, Joseph Lasigia. The inscription on a plaque attached to the iron fence around the park reads: Louisburg (pronounced Lewisburg) Square is a private residential park. It was laid out in 1826 by the Mount Vernon Proprietors on pasture land purchased from John Singleton Copley. The homes were built from 1833-1847 and the statues of Aristeides, to the south, and Columbus, to the north, were erected in 1850. The name is thought to commemorate the 1845 battle of Louisburg during which an army of New England Volunteers captured Cape Breton Island from the French.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5053, 1989.
Monumental News, Sept. 1889, pg. 189.
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 MA000223
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000223
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