El Cid Campeador (sculpture)
El Cid Campeador is an outdoor equestrian statue depicting the Spanish knight El Cid by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington, architect William Templeton Johnson, and the foundry General Bronze Company, installed at Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama, in San Diego, California. The bronze sculpture was created in 1927 and dedicated on July 5, 1930. The statue measures approximately 11 x 9 x 7 ft, with a 16-foot diameter, and its concrete or Indiana limestone base measures approximately 11 x 14 x 8 ft. It was surveyed and deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in March 1994.[1]
| El Cid Campeador | |
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.jpg.webp) The statue in 2006 | |
| Artist |
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| Year | 1927 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Sculpture: bronze Base: concrete or Indiana limestone |
| Subject | El Cid |
| Condition | "Treatment needed" (1994) |
| Location | San Diego, California, U.S. |
| 32°43′51″N 117°09′02″W | |
Copies of Huntington's statue exist in other cities, including Buenos Aires, New York City, San Francisco, Seville, and Valencia.[2] The New York cast is on the grounds of the Hispanic Society of America on Audubon Terrace in Manhattan. Anna Hyatt Huntington was the wife of Archer M. Huntington, the society's founder.
Gallery
San Francisco
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Seville, Spain
Valencia, Spain
References
- "El Cid Campeador, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution.
- Ollman, Leah (July 6, 1990). "Park's Buffed-Up 'El Cid' Remains Lackluster". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018.