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Plaça Ramon Berenguer el Gran

Ramon Berenguer III el Gran

Ramon Berenguer III the Great

Rodez 1082 - Barcelona 1131
Count of Barcelona
(Wikipedia)

Josep Llimona & Frederic Marés
Victoria (Barcelona)
1950

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

RAMON BERENGVER III
mlxxxii - mcxxxi

Signed: fundicion VICTORIA / barcelona

Annotation

Llimona made a plaster model in 1888, this model is preserved in the gallery of statues in the Palau de Belles Arts. In 1950, Marés made a replica of it in bronze.

Sculptors

Josep Llimona i Bruguera (Barcelona 1864 - Barcelona 1934), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).
Frederic Marès i Deulovol (Portbou 1893 - Barcelona 1991), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Pobles de Catalunya, Barcelonès.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 41°23'4" - E 2°10'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: escy036; Photograph: 5 September 2011
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