Durer and Van Dyke Medallions, Claflin Bldg. - Boston, MA - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This Queen Anne office/residential building was designed by architect William Gibbons Preston and constructed in 1884.

It has been remodeled into luxury condominiums, but the essence of the building has been preserved.

Below from DC Memorials
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The Claflin Building, dating from 1882-1884, was the first home of the Boston University College of Liberal Arts. The architect of this building was William G. Preston.

In Nancy Lurie Salzman’s Buildings and Builders: An Architectural History of Boston University (Boston University, 1985) appears the following description (page 24)

“In the spandrels between the arches, the terra-cotta portrait plaques of the artists Albrect [sic] Durer and Anton van Dijk (Anthony van Dyke) separate the three window arches, which terminate in paired columns.”

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Albrecht Durer
Claflin Building
Boston, MA
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Antoon van Dijk
Claflin Building
Boston, MA

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Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1894 Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: 20 Beacon St. Boston, MA United States 02108 Sculptors Name: Unknown

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