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Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Immaculate Conception Church 500 East 7th Auburn Indiana 46706
Date:
1963
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Summary:
The Blessed Virgin, within a niche, looks down upon a kneeling St. Bernadette. The Blessed Virgin is dressed in a hooded robe with a halo behind her head. She holds her hands together in prayer with a rosary hanging from her proper right wrist. Bernadette wears a full-length garment and veil. The niche is installed on a rectangular base in the center of a hexagonal planter. St. Bernadette is placed directly on the ground inside the planter.
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Mary  Search this
Religion--Saint--St. Bernadette  Search this
Object--Other--Rosary  Search this
Control number:
IAS IN000669
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_337066