Schiller, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5077, 1989.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156.
Monumental News, June 1891, pg. 207.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156.
(Base, front:) GEWIDMET/VOM/CANNSTATTER/VOLKS-FEST/VEREIN./A.D. 1886 (Sub-base, front:) SHILLER
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Summary
Standing portrait of Schiller dressed in a long double-breasted coat, a buttoned double-breasted vest, a ruffle-necked shirt, and knee britches. His long curly hair is pulled back and he stands with his head facing to his proper left and with his proper right leg forward. His proper left arm rests against a tree stump. His proper right arm is bent and rests at his waist. In his proper right hand he holds a book. On the base just below the sculpture, there are three plaques. The front plaque contains a relief of a female seated on a tree branch. She holds a lute in her proper left hand and rests her proper right hand in her lap. There is a swan in the upper right corner. The back plaque contains a relief of a winged male holding a torch in his proper right hand and a scroll in his proper left hand. The third plaque, on the left side of the base, contains a relief of a female figure seated on a tree branch. She rests her proper left hand on shield and her proper right hand on a broken sword. There is a dragon in the upper left corner.
Culture
German
Data Source
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Date
Commissioned 1885. Installed Oct. 25, 1886
Control number
IAS 75009312
sculptor
Manger, Heinrich b. 1833
founder
Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Subject
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Upper base: granite; Sub-base: stone
Owner/Location
Administered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Located Fairmount Park Horticultural Center, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Topic
Portrait male--Full length
Occupation--Writer--Poet
Occupation--Writer--Dramatist
Occupation--Writer--Critic
Occupation--Education--Philosopher
Occupation--Education--Historian
Ethnic
Figure female--Full length
Object--Musical Instrument--Lute
Figure male--Full length
Record ID
siris_ari_15626
Usage
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