The Angel of Death Victorious: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Bronze statue by Herman Matzen}}

{{use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox artwork

| title = The Angel of Death Victorious

| other_title_1 = Haserot Angel

| caption = Bronze statue in Lake View Cemetery

| height_imperial = 5.4

| width_imperial = 8.4

| imperial_unit = ft

| city = [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]]

| coordinates = {{Coor title dms|41|30|46.97|N|81|35|25.38|W|scale:1563_type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}

'''''The Angel of Death Victorious''''', commonly known as the '''Haserot Angel''', is a [[bronze sculpture]] located in the [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]] portion of [[Lake View Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Points of Interest |url=https://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/visit/points-of-interest |access-date=2024-06-08 |publisher=Lake View Cemetery}}</ref> It depicts an [[Angels in art|angel]] seated on a polished marble base holding a [[Torch#Symbolism|inverted torch]], and was created by artist [[Herman Matzen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Haserot Monument |url=https://sculpturecenter.org/oosi/items/show/148 |website=Ohio Outdoor Sculpture |publisher=The Sculpture Center |access-date=2024-06-14}}</ref> The sculpture has become a tourist destination in part for the black "tears" apparent on the angels face resulting from [[oxidation]] of the metal over time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prezenkowski |first=Jasmine |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/76 |access-date=2024-06-14 |title=Lake View Cemetery |website=Cleveland Historical |date=2010-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Haserot Angel |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-haserot-angel |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=[[Atlas Obscura]] |date=2014-11-07}}</ref>

The statue was commissioned by [[industrialist]] Francis Henry Haserot, president of the Haserot Company of [[Cleveland]], after the death of his wife in 1919.<ref>{{Cite book |first=William R. |last=Coates |title=A history of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland |publisher=The American Historical Society |date=1924 |lccn=24029194 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/24029194/}}</ref> Herman Matzen, an Ohio-based sculptor from [[Denmark]] was commissioned to create the grave marker, which was initially made in clay. The angel has in recent years become a [[List of reportedly haunted locations|haunted attraction]], with reports of tourists seeing, hearing, or otherwise experiencing strange [[paranormal]] phenomena.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Sophia |last=Constantine |title=Exploring Ohio: The Angel of Death Victorious |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cleveland/human-interest/2021/12/22/exploring-ohio--the-angel-of-death-victorious |date=2021-12-23 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=[[Spectrum News 1]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Belanger |first=Michelle |title=Haunting Experiences: Encounters with the Otherworldly |date=2011-01-08 |publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn=978-0-7387-2226-9}}</ref>

[[File:Left face detail Angel of Death Victorious by Herman Matzen - Haserot plot - Lake View Cemetery - 2014-11-26 (17622942825).jpg|thumb|upright|Detail of the sculpture showing the oxidation that resembles tears]]

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