Man with Shield

At the courtyard of Finnish Ministry of the Interior stands a Tapio Junno statue called Man with Shield (Kilpimies).

Helsinki Art Museum introduction:

The sculpture, located in the courtyard of the Ministry of the Interior, is the first colossal version of the male figure in a suit that Tapio Junno has used in numerous works. The expressive features of the otherwise realistically depicted human figure convey pain and suffering. The figure seems to be using the shield to ward of some external threat. Yet the distorted features and an expression full of suffering make it plain that the shield cannot protect him from the anguish deep inside.

The piece was finished in 1982. It is cast in bronze and its height is 4.6 metres. The work doesn't belong to the collections of the Helsinki Art Museum.

Man with Shield

Like so many times before, we are looking at a tarot statue again.

A man holding a rounded object, in the courtyard behind enclosed walls, and the arm is missing.

Can you do the math?

The statue is 4,6 meters tall. 4 + 6 = 10, which in numerology is for 1, the ace.

More examples of tarot symbolism in statues on page Esoteric statues.