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Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Gravestone
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Mt. Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
Summary:
A classical female figure dressed in long drapery kneels beside a seated child, embracing the child with her proper right arm around the child's waist. The female figure's head is bowed in grief and her proper left hand is raised to her cover her face. The child reaches up to comfort the grieving female figure. The sculpture rests on a square base which rests on a low step.
Topic:
Homage--Magoun, Thatcher  Search this
Figure group--Female & Child  Search this
Allegory--Passion--Grief  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000592
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_10688