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Don Quixote & Sancho Panza

Figures in the novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (1605-15)
(Wikipedia)

Lorenzo Coullaut Valera
1930 / 1989

Description

Bronze statue of Don Quichotte on a horse and his servant Sancho on a donkey.

Annotation

Replica of the 1930 statue in Madrid.

Sculptor

Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (Marchena, Andalucia, 1876 - Madrid 1932), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

eBru, De Standbeelden van Brussel.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 50°50'48" - E 4°21'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bebr003; Photograph: 12 December 2008 / updated: 13 December 2009
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