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The story of this remarkable woman, by the name Grace O'Malley, who had been extensively researched by Barbara Sjoholm, is one large credit to persevering the history of women in leadership. Stories like this is normally only written about the notorious men of the sea, and you might just say, it is pretty amazing and remarkable to me, by how much the sea scares me.
You might say that this story has enlighten myself,.. to the possible seek out the truths of an art object in my collection,... for the art collector that I am and happen to be,... and for the bringing on of the understanding of one of the heavy sculpture, made of bronze, work of different metals, iron, brass and copper wires, of a woman who looks like she would be a sea going person of times past.
This very heavy sculpture has been in my collection for years now. The remembrance of its purchase, where and what was purchased with it,... re-assures me of my old beliefs that it was made by a 17th century artist,... one who was the son of a metal smith, and was preserving history in art form,... while the stories were still fresh in everyone's mind. Yet there is not one thing on record about it. The front plate, presumed used for its name and of its artist is still there, but the name plate is missing. It looks to me as though it may have been re-mounted, on a heavy slab of beautiful oak stained wood used as its base.
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Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea by Barbara Sjoholm
vanrijngo, May 14, 2007
The story of this remarkable woman, by the name Grace O'Malley, who had been extensively researched by Barbara Sjoholm, is one large credit to persevering the history of women in leadership. Stories like this is normally only written about the notorious men of the sea, and you might just say, it is pretty amazing and remarkable to me, by how much the sea scares me.You might say that this story has enlighten myself,.. to the possible seek out the truths of an art object in my collection,... for the art collector that I am and happen to be,... and for the bringing on of the understanding of one of the heavy sculpture, made of bronze, work of different metals, iron, brass and copper wires, of a woman who looks like she would be a sea going person of times past.
This very heavy sculpture has been in my collection for years now. The remembrance of its purchase, where and what was purchased with it,... re-assures me of my old beliefs that it was made by a 17th century artist,... one who was the son of a metal smith, and was preserving history in art form,... while the stories were still fresh in everyone's mind. Yet there is not one thing on record about it. The front plate, presumed used for its name and of its artist is still there, but the name plate is missing. It looks to me as though it may have been re-mounted, on a heavy slab of beautiful oak stained wood used as its base.
(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)