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Christopher Columbus in Grant Park

Carlo Brioschi
1933

Description

Portrays Columbus as mystical figure, surveying horizon.
On the four sides of the pedestal medallions are engraved with a sailing vessel (west), the portret of Amerigo Vespucci (north), the coat of arms of the city of Genova (east), and the portrait of Paolo Toscanelli (south).

Portrait of Paolo Toscanelli

Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci

Inscription(s)

On the upper front side of the pedestal:

TO
CHRISTOPHER
COLVMBVS
DISCOVERER
OF AMERICA

On the pedestal:
East:

BY THE GRACE OF GOD
AND IN THE NAME OF
HER MAJESTY QVEEN ISABELLA
HAS TAKEN POSSESSION
OF THIS LAND
OCTOBER 12 1492

North:

DEDICATED AT THE CHICAGO
CENTURY OF PROGRESS
EXPOSITION. COLVMBVS
SYMBOLIZES THE ENDVRING
MVTVAL RESPECT AND
VNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
ITALY AND THE VNITED STATES

West:

FROM LAST WILL OF COLVMVS
"STENDO YO NACIDO
IN GENOVA"
"AS A NATIVE OF GENOA"

South-West:

COLVMBVS
MONVMENT COMMITTEE
[followed by the names of the members]

South:

ERECTED BY
THE ITALIAN AMERICANS
OF ILLINOIS
VNDER THE AVSPICES
OF THE COLVMBVS
MONVMENT COMMITTEE

South-East:

THIS
MONVMENT
HAS SEEN THE
GLORY OF THE
WINGS OF ITALY
LED BY
ITALO BALBO
JULY 15 1933

Sculptor

Carlo Brioschi (1879-1941), Italian-American sculptor, lived since 1909 in St. Paul, Minn., where he founded the Brioschi-Minuti Company, an architectural sculpture and ornamental plaster company. Succeeded by his son Amerigo Brioschi

Sources & Information

Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).

Locatie (N 41°52'4" - W 87°37'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usil09; Photograph: 14 October 2001

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