Description
Marble statue of a young Columbus. On the base of the statue is the coat-of-arms of Genoa, the caravel and the date "MCCCCLX" (1460).
Sculptor
- Giulio Monteverde (Bistagno 1837 - Roma 1917),
Italian sculptor
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
- Stefano Rizzi, Lo scultore di "Colombo giovinetto": A 150 anni dalle nascita di Giulio Monteverde, in Columbus '92, vol. 4, no. 1 [24] (Genova, 1988). Photocopy sent to me by Alex Borgogno.
- The photo is a scan from the photocopy of Rizzi's article and shows the model in clay (height 35 cm) from a private collection in Rapallo, Italy.
Tags
Locatie (N 44°48'18" - E 10°19'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: iter006;
Added: 11 August 2003
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