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Q: Identify a Statue of an Angel ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Identify a Statue of an Angel
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: blackrock-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 06 Dec 2003 13:51 PST
Expires: 05 Jan 2004 13:51 PST
Question ID: 284213
Question for any Art History buffs out there...

The below links go to photographs of two serigraphic prints:
  http://www.iowni.com/storage/ang-01.jpg
  http://www.iowni.com/storage/ang-02.jpg

The original prints were made by a photographer named Borge Tobiasson,
and depict an real-world statue of an angel.

The question is: What is this statue named and where is it located?
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Subject: Re: Identify a Statue of an Angel
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 07 Dec 2003 05:58 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear blackrock,

Following the excellent hint of the commenter below, marie4-ga, I
searched and found more photographs of that particular statue, to make
sure it is indeed the right one. I came to the conclusion that the
tomb angel on the Italian website is identical with the one on the
pictures by Borge Tobiasson.

The statue is part of the tomb of Francesco Oneto, located in the
Cimitero di Staglieno (Staglieno Cemetery) in Genova, Italy. It was
created in 1882 by the Italian sculptor Giulio Monteverde (1837-197).

The Oneto Tomb is located in the so-called "Upper Sunset Gallery"
(porticato superiore a ponente), niche XIII.

In case you need it, here is contact information for the Staglieno Cemetery:

Cimitero di Staglieno
Piazzale Resasco
Genova, 16137
ITALY
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Phone: +39 010 870184 - and - +39 010 870185
Fax: +39 010 010 815960


Hope this helps!
Very best regards,
Scriptor

Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 07 Dec 2003 05:59 PST
A brief correction:
The cemetery's fax number is, of course, +39 010 815960. 

Scriptor
blackrock-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $1.00
I could not have asked for a better answer.  I wish to particularly
thank marie4-ga for the hint that was the breakthrough.  This is
something I've wondered about for over a decade.

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Subject: Re: Identify a Statue of an Angel
From: marie4-ga on 07 Dec 2003 04:16 PST
 
I think it is this one.
http://www.comune.genova.it/turismo/staglieno/schede/scheda13.htm

I find it in google images by "ange tombe" because I think this angel
may be next a tomb and I'm french.

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