Angel of Grief
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The tomb Angel of Grief ( Angelo del Dolore / Angel of Mourning ) was created in 1894 by the American sculptor and poet William Wetmore Story (1819–1895) for himself and his wife and is in the Protestant cemetery in Rome.
Emelyn Story died on January 7, 1895, and her husband followed her on October 7 of the same year. Both are buried under the tomb. The work of art has been reproduced many times, both in exactly copied and more or less similar poses. The motif has also been used on several music album covers.
Inscriptions
| Pedestal in front |
| EMELYN STORY |
|
Podium on the left |
| DIED |
| ROMA |
| JAN 7th 1895 |
|
Podium on the right |
| BORN |
| BOSTON |
| United States |
| OCT 1820 |
|
step |
| ROMA 1895 |
|
Steps left |
| THIS MONUMENT |
| THE LAST WORK OF WW STORY |
| EXECUTED IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE |
| HE DIED AT VALLOMBROSA OCTOBER 7TH 1895 |
| AGED 78 YEARS |
Replicas (selection)
- Cassard Monument in Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn , New York, 1909 or 1910
- Chapman H Hyams tomb in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans , (Louisiana) - early 20th century
- Lathrop Memorial, Stanford Arboretum at Stanford University , California, by Antonio Bernieri, 1908
- Hill Family plot with the Glenwood Angel and the Scottsville Angel in Texas
- Pool Memorial in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma , California
- Notre-Dame cemetery in Luxembourg City , Luxembourg
- Cementerio General in San José (Costa Rica)
Album cover
The Angel of Grief served as the cover for the albums:
- 1995 the band " The Tea Party " for The Edges of Twilight
- 1998 the band "Odes of Ecstasy" for Embossed Dream in Four Acts
- 1998 the band " Evanescence " for Evanescence EP
- 2004 the band " Nightwish " for Once
Web links
Commons : Angel of Grief - collection of images, videos and audio files
- cemeteryrome.it (English)
- angelofgrief.de picture collection
Individual evidence
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- ↑ yoniki.net ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cover in the English language Wikipedia
Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 32.7 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 44.5" E