The Monument to Martinez Montañés stands in Seville's Plaza del Salvador, a statue dedicated to Juan Martinez Montañés, a Jienese sculptor who settled in the city and became one of the greatest representatives of the Sevillian school of sculpture.
Promoted by a group of neighbors from the San Lorenzo district in 1916, the monument's design was proposed by Antonio Castillo Lastrucci, but Agustín Sánchez Cid's project was considered more suitable in 1920. After considering the possibility of locating it in the Plaza de San Lorenzo or the Plaza de la Magdalena, it was finally placed in the Plaza del Salvador in 1923.
In 1967, the monument was moved to a plaza near the cathedral. In 1985, it was moved back to the Plaza del Salvador, where it remains today. Made of bronze, the sculpture represents Martinez Montañés in a seated position, holding a gouge and a small image of an Inmaculada Concepción. The sculpture aims to depict the moment when Martinez Montañés created one of his most famous works, La Cieguecita.
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Written by Nik Frost
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