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João de Deus

João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos
São Bartolomeu de Messines 1830 - Lisboa 1896
Portuguese poet and pedagogue
(Wikipedia)

António da Costa Motta (tio)
1926/30

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

a
joão de deus
poeta e educador
1830-1896
homenagem das crianças
das escolas de portugal
1930.
To
João de Deus
Poet and educator
1830-1896
Homage of the children
of the schools of Portugal
1930.

Signature

C. Motta 1926

Sculptor

António Augusto da Costa Motta (tio) [uncle] (Coimbra 1862 - Lisboa 1930), Portuguese sculptor (for his eponymous nephew, see 'sobrinho') (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Maria Isabel Serra Granado Cordeiro Laranjo, Escultura pública no Algave séculos XX e XXI (1900-2009). Universidade de Lisboa, 2010 (PDF on-line).
Igogo, Monumentos em Faro.

Locatie (N 37°0'53" - W 7°56'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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