Boston
Massachusetts
Museum
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Colombo giovinetto
The First Inspiration of the Boy Columbus
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Giulio Monteverde
1870
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Description
"Colombo giovinetto" or "The First Inspiration of the Boy Columbus"
Columbus as a charming child at play: he is sitting on a mooring-post upon a pier, against which the waves are breaking; he is in deep meditation and holds a book in his hand.
Inscription(s)
On the base of the statue is the coat-of-arms of Genoa, the caravel and the date "MCCCCLX" (1460).
Artist
Giulio Monteverde
Annotation
A copy was presented to the city of Boston by Mr. A. P. Chamberlain, of Concord, Mass.
For further information and an overview of the copies, see: Genova (De Albertis), on this page is also a reproduction of Monteverde's original drawing.
Sources & Information
- Néstor Ponce de León, The Columbus Gallery (New York, 1893), p. 115.
- J.M. Dickey, Christopher Columbus and his Monument Columbia (1892), p. 280.
- Stefano Rizzi, Lo scultore di "Colombo giovinetto": A 150 anni dalle nascita di Giulio Monteverde, in Columbus '92, vol. 4, no. 1 [24] (Genova, 1988). Photocopy sent to me by Alex Borgogno.
- Photo: Elbridge Streeter Brooks, The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral (Boston 1892). (on-line)
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