Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Joseph
St. Joseph and Jesus
* statue of Jesus
and
Joseph
* small
people,
one standing,
one carried,
plants,
globe
* Was visible through the fence on the South side of Girard between 16th and 17th. Missing since at least August 2019, as the hospital has been converted to other uses.
* St. Joe's Hospital Courtyard.
* 39.971800,-75.163300 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing,
Religious,
Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
St. Francis de Sales Walls
Henry Dandurand Dagit (Architect),
Adolfo de Nesti,
1907
* Representations of Ezekiel (statue),
Gabriel (relief),
Isaiah (probable statue),
Jesus (multiple reliefs),
Saint John (statue),
Joseph (relief),
Saint Luke (statue),
The Magi (relief),
Saint Mark (statue),
Mary (multiple reliefs),
Saint Matthew (statue),
Saint Paul (statue),
Saint Peter (statue)
and
Pontius Pilate (relief)
* people
sitting, kneeling,
standing,
headgear,
book,
manger,
furniture,
staff,
sheep,
ox,
heads,
winged people,
Christian ideas, words, and symbols
* The angel in the first picture is on the North side of the building. Over the West Entrance is a relief of the adoration of the magi flanked by Ezekiel and presumably Isaiah as there is a tradition of pairing them with that subject. On the North side there are three entrances with reliefs above them and relief panels between them, including Jesus standing before Pilate. The first entrance, on the left, has a relief of the annunciation, flanked by Matthew and Mark. The main entrance, with a relief of Mary, a child Christ, and angels, is flanked by Peter and Paul, and the right entrance is a relief pieta flanked by Luke and John.
* inscription:
West entrance: THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH
Left North entrance: HAIL, FULL OF GRACE
Center North entrance: MY EYES SHALL BE OPEN AND MY EARS ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYERS OF HIM THAT SHALL PRAY IN THIS HOUSE
Right North entrance: CHRIST DIED FOR US.
* Walls.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
Northeast corner, 47th and Springfield.
* 39.947150,-75.215194 [map] [nearby]
* On the Cedar Park, Clark Park, Portal tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Henry Dandurand Dagit page
+post about the life and work of Adolfo de Nesti at sfdshistory.wordpress.com
+wikipedia.org's Ezekiel page
+wikipedia.org's Gabriel page
+wikipedia.org's Isaiah page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Magi page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Paul the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Peter page
+wikipedia.org's Pontius Pilate page
+desalesphilly.com
Church of the Holy Child Entrance
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect),
1928
* unlabeled (and therefore tenuously identified) statues of David,
Jesus,
Saint John,
Joseph,
Saint Luke,
Saint Mark,
Mary,
Saint Matthew
and
Solomon
* standing
people,
Christian symbols and words,
headgear,
books and scrolls,
staff
* The statues are unlabeled. Mary and Jesus are obvious. I'm guessing that the 4 statues to the left of the Holy Child over the entrance are based on the lineage in Matthew's Gospel and are David, Solomon, Joseph and Mary, and that the 4 to the right are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I have no idea who the additional women around Mary and Jesus are at the top.
* inscription:
"Haecest - Domus - Dei - Et - Porta - Coel"
(This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven)
* Church entrance.
Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish.
West side of Broad, North of Duncannon.
* 40.032625,-75.146375 [map] [nearby]
* On the Logan/Ogontz tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's George I. Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's David page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Solomon page
+olhcatholic.org
St. Joseph the Worker
Maurice Lowe,
1967
* Statue of Joseph
* small
standing person,
carpenter's tools
* In front of Barbelin Hall. Saint Joseph's University.
City Line, West of 54th.
* 39.995600,-75.238125 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious,
Labor
* See also:
+mauricelowesculptor.com
+sju.edu
