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Duque de Saldanha

Duke of Saldanha

João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Conde, Marquês e Duque de Saldanha
Lisboa 1790 - London 1876
Portuguese marshal and statesman
(Wikipedia)

Tomás Costa
Arsenal do Exército
1909

Description

Bronze statue of the Duke of Saldanha on a high pedestal on front of which is an angel with palm branch and sword.

Lisboa - Duque de Saldanha

Inscription(s)

ao marechal
duque de saldanha
1909

On bronze cartouches at the sides of the pedestal are names of wars:

guerra peninsular 1808-1814
campanha de montevideo 1816-1823
campanha da liberdade 1826-1834

Signature

Th. Costa
Arsenal do Exercito | Fundição de Canhões | peso 1920 k 1907

Lisboa - Duque de Saldanha

Sculptor

Tomás Figueiredo de Araújo Costa (1861 - 1932), Portuguese sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Equipamentos.
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Arte Pública.
Sílvia Lucas Vieira de Almeida, Forma e conceito na escultura de oitocentos, Ph.D. Thesis Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 38°44'1" - W 9°8'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptli050; Photograph: 30 August 2017
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