Sculptor:

Unknown  Search this

Medium:

Figure: painted concrete; Foundation: geodes and concrete mortar

Type:

Sculptures-Grotto

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Woods on southeast Archabbey grounds St. Meinrad Indiana 47577

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

Summary:

A full-length figure of the Virgin Mary in a stone grotto. She is standing with her arms lowered and spread slightly apart and her hands open with their palms outward. She is wearing a full-length dress and hooded robe, and stands on a hemisphere embossed with stars and a snake.

Topic:

Religion--New Testament--Mary  Search this

Allegory--Religion--Good & Evil  Search this

Animal--Reptile--Snake  Search this

Control number:

IAS IN000302

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_321013