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Rafael de la Cova ( – ) was a Venezuelan sculptor active in the second half of the 19th century.
De la Cova received some important commissions, but a number have not survived to the present day. Perhaps his best known work is a monument to Christopher Columbus which was commissioned to commemorate the explorer's arrival in what is now Venezuela. Its title, ''Monumento a Colón en el Golfo Triste'', refers to the
A copy of his statue of the Venezuelan revolutionary
De la Cova received some important commissions, but a number have not survived to the present day. Perhaps his best known work is a monument to Christopher Columbus which was commissioned to commemorate the explorer's arrival in what is now Venezuela. Its title, ''Monumento a Colón en el Golfo Triste'', refers to the Gulf of Paria
The Gulf of Paria ( ; es, Golfo de Paria) is a shallow (180 m at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries ...
where he reached the mainland of South America in 1498. The work is now largely destroyed having fallen victim to changing attitudes to the legacy of Columbus. It stood in Caracas for a hundred years before its central statue was torn down from its plinth in 2004 on Columbus Day
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.
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, which had been renamed in Venezuela as the Day of Indigenous Resistance.
Career
De la Cova was awarded a government scholarship in 1875 which he used to study in Rome.Salvador, José María (2003). Actuación de Rafael de la Cova hasta 1888. '' ExtraMuros Nueva '' (18), (pp. 51-77). Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela. Facultad de Humanidades y Educación On his return to Venezuela he received a number of commissions including: * Caracas. Sculptures in the Teatro Municipal (inaugurated 1881). * Valencia. Bas-reliefs in thePlaza Bolivar Plaza Bolivar may refer to:
* Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia
* Plaza Bolívar, Lima, Peru
*Many public squares in Venezuela including:
** Plaza Bolívar (Caracas)
** Plaza Bolívar (Valencia)
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depicting the Battle of Carabobo
The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led ...
(inaugurated 1889).
Statue in London
A copy of his statue of the Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary. Although his own plans for the independence of the Spani ...
was erected in Fitzroy Square
Fitzroy Square is a Georgian square in London. It is the only one in the central London area known as Fitzrovia.
The square is one of the area's main features, this once led to the surrounding district to be known as Fitzroy Square or Fitzro ...
, London, in 1990. London Remembers website. Retrieved 2020
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:De la Cova, Rafael 1896 deaths Venezuelan sculptors 1850s births