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Monument to Quevedo (Madrid)

Coordinates: 40°26′01″N 3°42′15″W / 40.433627°N 3.704241°W / 40.433627; -3.704241
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Quevedo
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40°26′01″N 3°42′15″W / 40.433627°N 3.704241°W / 40.433627; -3.704241
LocationGlorieta de Quevedo [es], Madrid, Spain
DesignerAgustín Querol
Fernando Cruz Solís [es] (replica of the original pedestal)
MaterialMarble, limestone
Length9.00 m
Width2.50 m
Height2.50 m
Opening date5 June 1902
Dedicated toFrancisco de Quevedo

Quevedo or the Monument to Quevedo is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A work by Agustín Querol, it is dedicated to Francisco de Quevedo, distinguished writer of the Baroque era.

History and description

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A work by Agustín Querol, it was unveiled at its original location in the Plaza de Alonso Martínez [es] on 5 June 1902 (the ceremony had been delayed several times by bad weather)[1] as part of a series of inaugurations of outdoor sculptures in Madrid on the occasion of the celebrations for the coming of age of King Alfonso XIII,[1] featuring several notable figures such as—aside from Quevedo—Agustín Argüelles, Lope de Vega, Juan Bravo Murillo, Eloy Gonzalo [es] and Goya.[2][3]

The standing Carrara marble statue representing Quevedo is featured on the top of the monument.[4][5] He is wearing his staple Pince-nez (called quevedos in Spanish after him) and the cross of Saint James on his chest.[4] Four allegorical sculptures representing Satyre, Poetry, Prose and History embrace the limestone plinth.[6]

The Novelda limestone from the pedestal eroded by the 1960s and the pedestal was replaced by a replica of (less porous) stone from Atarce sculpted by Fernando Cruz Solís [es].[4] The monument was moved to its current location in the Glorieta de Quevedo [es] in the 1960s.[7]

A fountain made of granite from Badajoz was installed on the base of the monument in 1999.[4]

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"A don Francisco de Quevedo, en piedra"—a poem authored by José Ángel Valente part of Poemas a Lázaro—is dedicated to the statue.[8]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ a b "Inauguración de estatuas". La Época. LIII (18670). Madrid: 3. 5 June 1905. ISSN 2254-559X.
  2. ^ "Inauguración de estatuas". La Época. LIII (18.671). Madrid. 6 June 1902. ISSN 2254-559X.
  3. ^ "Descubrimiento de estatuas". El Imparcial. XXXVI (12630). Madrid. 6 June 1902. ISSN 2171-0244.
  4. ^ a b c d Fraguas 1999.
  5. ^ Salvador Prieto 1989, p. 309.
  6. ^ Alonso Pereira 1987, p. 47; Salvador Prieto 1989, p. 309-310
  7. ^ Alonso Pereira 1987, p. 46.
  8. ^ Calvo Rodríguez 2011, p. 427.
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