Italian American Organizations United Inc Baltimore Maryland
Date:
1984. Dedicated Oct. 8, 1984. Removed July 4, 2020
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.
Kelly, Cindy, "Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore, A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City," Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pg. 27.
Image on file.
(Incised on base, front and back:) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS/DISCOVERER OF AMERICA/OCTOBER 12, 1492/DEDICATED TO THE/CITY OF BALTIMORE/BY THE/ITALIAN AMERICAN/ORGANIZATION UNITED/OF MARYLAND/AND THE ITALIAN/AMERICAN COMMUNITY/OF BALTIMORE/IN COMMEMORATION OF/THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA/OCTOBER 12, 1984/WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER/MAYOR OF BALTIMORE. (Incised in base, in gold leaf, below respective reliefs:) THE SANTA MARIA/98 FEET LONG AND 27 FEET WIDE/MANNED BY 40 MEN/THE PINTA/80 FEET LONG AND 2O FEET WIDE/MANNED BY 40 MEN/THE NINA/66 FEET LONG AND 20 FEET WIDE/MANNED BY 24 MEN/GENOA ITALY/BIRTHPLACE OF COLUMBUS/1451/MEETING WITH THE INDIANS/OCTOBER 12, 1492/THE LANDING IN AMERICA/OCTOBER 12, 1492 unsigned
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Summary:
Full-length figure of Christopher Columbus stands on an octagonal pedestal. The figure wears a tunic, leggings and a long coat. He holds a rolled-up scroll in his proper left hand which is at his chest. His proper right hand rests on a globe which stands on its own pedestal. Six sides of the pedestal contain reliefs. Included in reliefs images of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, Genoa, Italy, Columbus's landing in America and his meeting with the Indians.
