Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

designer
Schickel, William John
fabricator
Kintz, Peter II
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(Plaque at top of grotto:) FAVOR/REQUESTED AND GRANTED/FEBRUARY 26, 1918/HONOR AND GLORY/TO THE/BLESSED VIRGIN MARY/G.F.-A.M. (On fence:) IN MEMORY OF/PAUL PURCELL/CLASS OF '40/ (Large tablet:) TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES/THE REV. THOMAS CARROLL/RECTOR OF ST. JOSEPH CHURCH OIL CITY PA./TO WHOSE GENEROSITY THE ERECTION/OF THIS GROTTO IS DUE IMPLORES THE/GRACE OF A HAPPY DEATH/MAY OUR IMMACULATE MOTHER/HEAR HIS PRAYER AND/REWARD HIS DEVOTION/(illegible...) "... LADY OF SNOW. 1896." (Small copper plaque:) IN THANKSGIVING/FOR FAVOR GRANTED/AUGUST 3, 1954/M.A.M. unsigned
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Summary
One-seventh scale fieldstone replica of the grotto in Lourdes, with figure of Mary placed in a high niche. She wear robes with a veil, her hands clasped at her chest in prayer, a rosary around her proper right arm, roses at her feet. Below her on the ground is a kneeling figure. In front of the grotto fence is a three-sided fountain with a relief of Jesus in robes, sitting with his hands held upward.
Dedicated 1896. Figure of Mary: 1970
Control number
IAS IN000662
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Grotto
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Copy
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Medium
Sculptures: concrete; Grotto: fieldstone
Owner/Location
Administered by University of Notre Dame Facilities Operations 100 Maintenance Center Notre Dame Indiana 46556
Located University of Notre Dame Across the Lake Road Notre Dame Indiana 46556
Title
Replica of Grotto in Lourdes, France, (sculpture)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Religion--New Testament--Mary
Religion--New Testament--Christ
Record ID
siris_ari_336206
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