Statue of Portia - University of Michigan - William Shakespeare on Waymarking.com

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A standing figure of Portia, the female lawyer from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." She wears a full-length robe and gestures with her raised proper right hand. She holds an object against her chest with her proper left hand. The sculpture rests on a small hexagonal base in an ornate niche on the facade of the Martha Cook Building.

The sculpture is attributed to both Attilio and Furio Piccirilli, but is probably the work of Furio Piccirilli. The Martha Cook Building was built in 1915 by the architectural firm of York and Sawyer, and is a Michigan historic site, registered as state site no. 601. William N. Cook, a lawyer who donated funds for the building, selected the character of Portia.

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