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Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa

Las Palmas de G.C. 1538 - Las Palmas de G.C. 1610
Spanish-Canarian poet, playwright and musician
(Wikipedia)

Paolo Triscornia di Ferdinando
1894

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa

Description

Marble bust standing on two books, titled esrdvxvlea (Esdrujúlea) and flos sanctorum respectively.

Inscription(s)

A CAIRASCO
1876

RESTITUCION
promovido por
gobierno de canarias
abril 1992

Annotation

The bust dates from 1894, the pedestal 1876.

Sculptor

Paolo Triscornia di Ferdinando, Italian sculptor from Genoa.

Sources & Information

Catálogo de bienes histórico-artístico del Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (PDF on-line).
Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1 P.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1 P.).
Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 377-379.

Locatie (N 28°6'10" - W 15°24'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca130; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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