Bolivar, Simon

See original.

Adamo Tadolini’s sculpture depicts Simón Bolívar atop his rearing horse. Bolívar is dressed in military attire, including a decorated coat and a flowing cape. Other accessories include tall boots, epaulets and a sash. He has a sheathed sword over his left thigh, and he holds his hat on the right side of his body.

There are three casts of this bronze equestrian statue  by Adamo Tadolini. They are located at the Plaza Bolívar in Lima (the original one), the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas (the first replica)  and this one on the  United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California (the second replica).

The statue in Lima, which was made in Italy in the 1850s, and the oldest of three, was cast in Munich. The replica in Caracas was cast by the same foundry after the sculptor’s death. The copy in San Francisco was engineered by Miriam Gandica Mora, cast by Victor Hugo Barrenchea-Villegas and dedicated in December 1984.

Many replicas would follow.

The photos are some of my oldest and from 1985

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