A statue of Christopher Columbus is installed in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, within Louisburg Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. A Greek merchant, Joseph Iasigi, presented the statue to the city in December 1849.[1][2][3] A captain of one of his vessels had loaded it onto a ship in Italy as ballast, alongside a statue of Aristides which was also donated.[4] Both statues are described as "inferior" and "unremarkable" by art critics.[5][6] The Italian marble sculpture was carved in Leghorn and depicts Columbus as a boy.[1][7]
Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
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Medium | Marble sculpture |
Subject | Christopher Columbus |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
42°21′32″N 71°04′08″W / 42.358751°N 71.068823°W |