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The bronze sculptural group topping off the monument depicts a meeting of Columbus with Queen Isabella, seated on her throne. The upper part of the pedestal serves as a staircase on which Columbus stops to bow to the queen. [4] The sculptural group was also reportedly set to include a figure of Boabdil, but the idea just fell apart. [5]
Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella is a statuary group which was previously installed in the California State Capitol in Sacramento in 1883. [1] It was the work of Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835-1910). The statues were removed in 2020. [2]
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Queen Isabella, also known as Queen Isabella (1451–1504), [1] is an outdoor sculpture of Isabella I of Castile, installed outside the Pan American Union Building of the Organization of American States at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
In the period between the 5th century BC and the 5th century AD, sanctuaries like Montealegre used small bronze castings, rather than stone carvings, as votive offerings. These sculptures were cast from earthen molds in molten bronze in the technique of lost wax casting , but since the mold was rendered useless after only one casting, two ...
A statue signifying resilience has replaced a legacy of pain, its gaze fixed on California’s Capitol dome. The California Native American Monument now stands on the grounds of the state Capitol ...
The "larger-than-life", full length statue stands above a plinth adorned with a lotus blossom design and a concrete base with an anti-graffiti coating. [1] The base includes rosettes and a bronze plaque. [1] One inscription below the statue reads the text of the tablet in English, Akkadian cuneiform and Aramaic.