Wistariahurst Sleeping Lion - Holyoke, MA
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The Sleeping Lion is on the Cabot Street side of the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke.
Waymark Code: WMCK0J
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2011
Views: 2
The Wistariahurst was once owned by William Skinner, a prominent Holyoke silk merchant. On the Cabot Street entrance a pair of sculpted marble lions, resting on a granite bases, flank the stairway leading to the museum.
The Sleeping Lion is on the east side if the stairway. The lion is 25" by 18" by 61" and rest on a 50" high granite base. The male lion is apparently sleeping with its head resting on his right front paw. His left paw is stretched out over the base.
The sculpture is a small scale reproduction of a lion located outside the tomb of Clement XIII at St. Peter's in Vatican City. The reproduction, created by an unknown sculptor, was purchased by Sarah Skinner in Rome in the 1880's.
TITLE: Wistariahurst Sleeping Lion
ARTIST(S): unknown
DATE: 1880's
MEDIUM: marble
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MA000543
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
238 Cabot Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Lion must have been treated. Seems to be in good shape.
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