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Weeping Woman and Cross (Branch Plot), (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Saccomanno, Santo 1833-1914  Search this
Medium:
Marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Hollywood Cemetery 412 South Cherry Street Richmond Virginia 23220
Date:
1899
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
SANTO SACCOMANNO FECE 1899 GENOA ITALY (On right side of base:) JOHN PATTESON BRANCH/BORN IN PETERBURG, VIRGINIA - OCT. 9, 1830/DIED IN RICHMOND FEB. 2, 1915. (On left side of base:) MARY LOUISE MERRITT KERR,/WIFE OF JOHN PATTESON BRANCH./BORN AT KINGSTON DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VIRGINIA/JUNE 27, 1840./DIED IN MUNICH, BAVARIA, DEC. 20, 1896 signed
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Summary:
A weeping female figure seated on top of a marble coffin and leaning against a large marble cross. In her proper left hand she holds a snake and in her proper right hand she once held a bouquet of poppies, but they are now missing.
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Animal--Reptile--Snake  Search this
Homage--Branch, John Patteson  Search this
Homage--Branch, Mary Kerr  Search this
Homage--Kerr, Mary Louisa Merritt  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75008380
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_14720