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Norfolk, VA

Latitude: 36.9043 (36°54′16″N)
Longitude: -76.2025 (76°12′9″W)

www.norfolkva.gov

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#points of interest #historical sites

Artist Name:

Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel

Notes:

These are eleven, 7–foot, marble sculptures executed by Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel in Rome for the William Wilson Corcoran to fill the niches on the original Corcoran Gallery (currently known as the Renwick Building) in Washington, DC. Each of the 11 works i

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s a carved marble statue of a great figure in the classical Western civilization art canon. In 1901 when the Corcoran moved to a larger building, the sculptures were put up for sale. The sculptures first became the property of Evelyn Walsh, a Washington,

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Artwork