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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2008.
Saint Francis
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2008.

Saint Francis

Artist Eleanor Mary Mellon (American, 1894 - 1979)
CultureAmerican
Date20th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm)
InscribedOn bronze base: "E. Mellon c '4?" with the c within a circle for copyright, and "Roman Bronze Works Inc." When received there was a numbered gold paper with "41" in black on the black base.
Credit LineVirginia Morris Pollak Memorial Collection
Object number67.59.8
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBronze sculpture of St. Francis. Figure in robe, cowl & knotted girdle stands with head bowed to right & right hand held in gesture of blessing.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Eleanor Mary Mellon
1894-1979
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Niccolo Boldrini
1410-1466
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Napoleon Sarony
1870 - 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Shaw Warren
1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
William Marks Simpson, Jr.
1921
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
17th century
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1600
Image scanned from slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Girolamo Campagna
ca. 1600