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Orpheus's design is an example of the neoclassical sculpture designs that were popular during the time of its creation. [1] On the base of the monument, which has a diameter of 30 feet (9.1 m), [ 8 ] is a medallion honoring Key, [ 2 ] [ 5 ] who is depicted in profile. [ 1 ]
Charles Marburg gave $25,000 to his brother Theodore Marburg to hire a sculptor to create a monument to Francis Scott Key.The French sculptor Antonin Mercié was selected. . Mercié had previously created a bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee in 1890 in Richmond, Virginia.
Orpheus with the Awkward Foot (Francis Scott Key Monument), Fort McHenry National Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, 1916-1922. [16] Planting the Standard of Democracy in Honor of Newark's Soldiers, World War I Memorial, Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey, 1923. Hackensack War Monument, The Green, Bergen County Court House, Hackensack, New Jersey ...
Orpheus with the Awkward Foot: Fort McHenry: 1922: Charles Henry Niehaus: Bronze and marble: Height: 39 feet (12 m) National Park Service: Peace: Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument
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Orpheus was a popular subject in classical art, and was also used in Early Christian art as a symbol for Christ. [ 2 ] The standard depiction in Roman mosaic scenes (for the Romano-British variant see below) shows him seated and playing a lyre or cithara , wearing a Phrygian cap , often beside a tree, and includes many animals drawn and ...
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