The sculpture's name " 1571 " refers to the year Austrians (Austrian nobility) were granted Freedom of Religion - and is a clin d' œil to Caravaggio' s birth year.

1571 (lbs) is also the sculpture's total weight.


The first three pictures show the sculpture which part of my Summer 2007 window installation titled opinionative forces - poems for the struggling Mensch at Space One Eleven in downtown Birmingham, AL.