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Cristóbal Colón

Christopher Columbus

Francisco Piquer
1862

Description

Columbus is lifting the veil that covers a part of the globe with the left hand, and pointing with the right, to the regions discovered by him. In the front face of the pedestal, there is a bass-relief representing the triumph of Faith and Hell vanquished by the victory that Columbus obtained by his discovery.

Inscription(s)

Inscription on the back of the pedestal:
occiduarum regionum inventor genuæ decori maximo hispaniarum ornamento e cuncto fere lato patet terrarum orbe insolens propter factum derisum olim nunc omnium plausus, sancta cum admiratione extorquenti christophorus columbus hoccini pietatis ergo et grati animi insigne monumentum secunda elizabetho regnante oppidum cardenas posuit anno mdccclxii.

Annotation

Cordier's statue in Mexico and that in Paris are almost exact copies of this.

This monument on postcards

Click here for the postcard(s) and enlargement(s)

This monument on stamps

This stamp of 1942 has the text "Primera Estatua de Colon Cardenas 1862"

Sculptor

Francisco Piquer

Sources & Information

Néstor Ponce de León, The Columbus Gallery (New York, 1893), p. 106-107.
J.M. Dickey, Christopher Columbus and his Monument Columbia (1892), p. 312.
Stamp, collection of Alex Borgogno.
Photo: Polito_1936, 24 March 2010. See Polito_1936's photos on Panoramio.
Photo cathedral: lapin.nipal, 16 September 2006. See lapin.nipal's photostream on Flickr.

Locatie (N 23°2'28" - W 81°12'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: cu004; Added: 23 December 2006 / Updated: 9 January 2011

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