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The bust, which broke into a few pieces, will be repaired, Mary Bender told The Boston Globe for a story in Friday's editions. Lucifer has been removed from display until better protection is arranged.
The sculptures, which were displayed behind a railing, were made by Horatio Greenough around 1845 and had been on the landing between the first and second floor since the library opened in 1895.
According to a police report, a man and a woman were seen on a library surveillance video attacking the bust at 2:40 p.m. on Sept. 12. The video showed the woman throwing something at the sculpture and pushing it off a ledge. The suspects fled.
"People reported hearing a crash," Bender told the Globe.
She said a man tried to vandalize the bust in the 1970s but was tackled by an employee. Lucifer was spared that time, too.
[Associated Press]
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