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Funchal
(Fr. de Santa Maria Maior)
Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Rua Brigadeiro Oudinot / Rua de Santa Maria
(Larguinho da Feira)

Transporte do Vinho

Wine Transport

also: Corsa com Pipa de Vinho

Pedro dos Anjos Teixeira
1985

Description

Bronze sculpture of a man and two oxen pulling a sled with a wine barrel.

Inscription(s)

transporte do vinho
oferta
banco totta e açores
região autónoma da
madeira

1994

Signature

Annotation

Inaugurated 28 November 1994 at the Avenida Calouste Gulbelbenkian and in 2008 replaced to the present location.

Funchal - Transporte do Vinho
Tile tableau showing wine transport at the Fontenário do Largo António Nobre, dating from 1930

Sculptor

Pedro Augusto Franco dos Anjos Teixeira (filho) [son] (Paris 1908 - Sintra 1997), Portuguese sculptor, son of Artur Gaspar dos Anjos Teixeira (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).

Locatie (N 32°38'53" - W 16°54'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma020; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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