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The Monument to Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Monumento a Isabel la Católica) is an instance of public art located in Madrid, Spain. A work by Manuel Oms [ es ] , the monument is a sculptural bronze ensemble consisting of an equestrian statue of Isabella of Castile , accompanied by Pedro González de Mendoza and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba .
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]
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.
The statue is a replica of the one in Buenos Aires by Louis-Joseph Daumas, 1862. Equestrian of King Carlos III at the Puerta del Sol. Made by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Eduardo Zancada in 1994. The statue is a replica of a smaller one sculpted by Juan Pascual de Mena in the 18th century. Equestrian of Simón Bolívar in the parque del Oeste.
Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs , and small statuettes and figurines , as well as bronze elements to be fitted to other objects such as furniture.
M. Monument to Agustina de Aragón (Zaragoza) Monument to Alfonso XII; Monument to Alfonso XIII (Madrid) Monument to Álvaro de Bazán (Madrid) Monument to Andrés Bello
Statue of Isabella Elder, Elder Park, Govan, Glasgow. In 1906, a bronze statue of Elder on a granite base and surrounded by a memorial garden, was unveiled in Elder Park by the Provost of Govan, Sir John Anthony. Elder is shown seated, wearing her academic gown with her mortar board in her lap.
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