Christopher Columbus - Sarasota, FL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

from the brochure, this is stop number 18:

Marble
Depicts Columbus with his hand resting on a globe, which is resting on a chart or schroll (perhaps signifying a map or the commission he recieved from Queen Isabella). These both rest on a support, which has an anchor & sailing ship in bas relief

Purchased by Ringling in the 1920s
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Christopher Columbus
Quincentennial
1492-1992
No. 5
Dedicated October 12, 1992
by
Our Lady of Victoria Council #3358
Knights of Columbus
Sarasota, Florida
Donated by Romaine-Sarasota Funeral Home
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Description: Christopher Columbus stands wearing a knee-length, belted tunic that is laced in front, and a mid-calf-length coat that is open in front and has a collar and long full sleeves. He wears leggings and buckled shoes. He rests his proper left hand on a globe-like orb that sits on a rectangular column with a scroll draped over it. The sculpture is set on a multitiered, rectangular base.

Remarks: Bought in 1925 in Venice, Italy by John Ringling for his intended Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sarasota, Florida. The hotel was never completed due to the 1929 stock market crash. The sculpture was loaned by the Ringling Museum to the City of Sarasota in the late 1950s. For related information see David Weeks' "Ringling, The Florida Years: 1911-1936."

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TITLE: Christopher Columbus ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: Unknown MEDIUM: Marble CONTROL NUMBER: IAS FL000600 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 5401 Bay Shore Rd DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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