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Lisboa
(
Fr. da Estrela
)
Lisboa (distrito)
Lisboa (região)
Jardim da Estrela
Cavador
Digger
António da Costa Motta (tio)
1913
Description
Marble sculpture of a digging man.
Signature
C. Motta 1913
Sculptor
António Augusto da Costa Motta (tio)
[uncle]
(Coimbra 1862 - Lisboa 1930), Portuguese sculptor (for his eponymous nephew, see
'sobrinho'
) (
Wikipedia
).
Sources & Information
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa,
Arte Pública
.
Jardim da Estrela,
Estátuas
.
Sílvia Lucas Vieira de Almeida,
Forma e conceito na escultura de oitocentos
, Ph.D. Thesis Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012 (
PDF on-line
).
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Town:
Lisboa
Subdivision:
Lisboa (distrito)
Region:
Lisboa (região)
Country:
Portugal
Costa Motta (tio), António da
Man (digging)
Locatie (N 38°42'53" - W 9°9'33")
(Satellite view:
Google Maps
)
Item Code:
ptli066
; Photograph: 30 August 2017
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