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A statue of an angel stands atop a grave in Highgate Cemetery, London.
This stunningly beautiful angel in the photo mosaic above is a bronze memorial on top of a substantial granite base of a grave identified only by the name "Valentine." It is one of the approximately 106,000 monuments in the National Historic Landmark Green-Wood Cemetery located in Brooklyn, New York, which was established in the year 1838. (all photos will enlarge when clicked on) The angel was sculpted by the Italian-born artist Aldofo Appoloni, (1855 - 1923), who sculpted several other funerary monuments, found both in the United States and Italy. His name appears on the eastern side of the base of the angel, along with the word "Roma."One of his better known sculptures is Winged Victory on the "Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele" in Rome. The base of the angel also identifies that it was made at "G. Nisini Fuse" which is deemed as one of Italy's finest 19th century bronze foundries. The words "Ego Sum Resurrectio Et Vita" are inscribed in the granite base, and translated from Latin as "I am the Resurrection and the Life." The "G. Nisini Fuse" inscription at the western facing base of the angel. The angel is exquisite! Notice the realistic detail of the feathers in her wings and the delicate draping of her gauzy robes. A view of the back of the angel's flowing robes. Her expressive face, with eyes turned upward, and arms outstretched with open fingers, displays such a uplifting feeling of grace and motion! It is truly a valuable work of art worthy of being in the finest museum, and is one of my favorite sculptures among many beautiful ones in the cemetery.
Mourning Woman hugging her son, historic grave sculpture, Nordfriedhof Cemetery, Duesseldorf, North Rhine_Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Just sitting before that grave, forever and ever. It really did something to me. This cemetery is behind the church of San Miniato in Florence. It was for me one of the hidden highlights of Florence.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED www.elmwoodcemetery.org Nikon FG Statuary/tombstone art in Elmwood - the oldest cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in the 1852, many prominent Memphians and Tennesseans are interred there. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This was the tomb I most wanted to see. Recognizable to many from the picture sleeve on Joy Division's classic "Love Will Tear Us Apart." So moving and beautiful, as with so many other tombs here. (Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa Italy)
Glendalough (in Irish Gleann Dá Loch) is a valley in Wicklow County south of Dublin, Ireland. This was taken in the monastery and its grounds. The building in the background is St. Kevin's Church (aka Kitchen), which has a unique stone roof.
Angels foot to see on the other foto
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
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