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Joan Güell i Ferrer

Torredembarra 1800 - Barcelona 1872
textile manufacturer who made his fortune in Santo Domingo

Rossend Nobas & Frederic Marés
1888

Description

Stone statue on a high pedestal with reliefs:

Trade: Woman with caduceus and a ship in the background.
Industry: Woman with a wool spindle and a spinning wheel in the background.
Agriculture: Woman with grapes and corn.

Trade

Industry

Agriculture

Inscription(s)

coat of arms of Barcelona

BARCELONA
A
GVELL Y FERRER

Annotation

The original monument from 1888 included a bronze statue, by Rossend Nobas, on a richly decorated pedestal with allegorical statues by Torquat Tasso, Eduard Alentorn, Maximí Sala and Pere Pagès. In 1936 the monument was destroyed. The sculptor Frederic Marès made an almost identical statue of stone, but the pedestal was made much more simple.

A relief showing the original monument is on the Monument a Rius i Taulet in Barcelona.

Sculptors

Frederic Marès i Deulovol (Portbou 1893 - Barcelona 1991), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).
Rossend Nobas i Ballbé (Barcelona, 1838-1891), Catalan sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Pobles de Catalunya, Barcelonès.

Location (N 41°23'19" - E 2°10'2")

Item Code: escy068; Photograph: 6 September 2011
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