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Funchal
(Fr. da Sé)
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Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Jardim Municipal

João Fernandes Vieira

Faial, Madeira, c. 1613 - Olinda, Brazil 1681
army officer and governor of Angola, one of the main Portuguese military leaders in the struggle for the expulsion of the Dutch from Pernambuco
(Wikipedia)

António da Costa Motta (sobrinho)
1925

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

a
joão fernandes
vieira
libertador
de
pernambuco

Signature

Costa 1925

Sculptor

António Augusto da Costa Motta (sobrinho) [nephew] (1877 - 1956), Portuguese sculptor (for his eponymous uncle, see 'tio') (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'53" - W 16°54'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma028; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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