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Antero de Quental

Antero Tarquínio de Quental (old spelling Anthero)
Ponta Delgada 1842 - Ponta Delgada 1891
Portuguese poet, philosopher and writer
(Wikipedia)

Diogo de Macedo
Fundição Bernardino Inâcio Leite (Vila Nova de Gaia)
1929 (original)

Description

Bronze bust.

Signature

(mirror reversed) fundição de bronzes | d'arte | bernardino inacio leite sucrs lda | gulpilhares v.n. de gaia | 4405 valadares

Information Sign

Antero de Quental

Poeta, ensaísta e filósofo

1842-1891

Annotation

The same bust is also in Lisboa (1929) and Coimbra (1953)

Sculptor

Diogo de Macedo (Vila Nova de Gaia 1889 - Lisboa 1959), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).
Direção regional de cultura de Centro, Busto de Antero de Quental (bust in Coimbra).

Locatie (N 37°44'25" - W 25°40'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac017; Photograph: 20 June 2016
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