Statue of Jacques Marquette explained

Jacques Marquette
Italic Title:	no
Artist:	Gaetano Trentanove

Jacques Marquette is a statue by Gaetano Trentanove of Jacques Marquette, the best-known version being the 1896 marble one installed in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol in Washington D.C.

Versions

National Statuary Hall Collection

The statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection is one of two donated by the state of Wisconsin.^{[1] [2]} The work was accepted into the senate in 1896.^[3]

Marquette, Michigan

Another version of the statue is the 1897 bronze casting located in Pere Marquette Park, Marquette, Michigan which was cast in Florence, Italy and includes two bas reliefs set in the sandstone base.^[4]

Mackinac Island, Michigan

In 1909, a third version was dedicated in Marquette Park on Mackinac Island, Michigan.^[5] A plaster version of the statue is located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacques Marquette. Architect of the Capitol.
2. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 211
3. Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 26–27
4. Web site: SIRIS – Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. siris-artinventories.si.edu.
5. Web site: SIRIS – Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. siris-artinventories.si.edu.
6. Web site: SIRIS – Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. siris-artinventories.si.edu.