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03-06-2026
Juan Samsó

Barcelona, 1834 - Madrid, 1908

Juan Samsó See author's file

Our Lady of Covadonga

1908.
On display elsewhere

This work is the plaster model of Our Lady of Covadonga, made for the Covadonga Basilica.The final sculptural group was made of polychrome wood adorned with rhinestones. She presents a formal relationship between mother and child, since the relationship between the two figures is not maternal. The Child blesses in the manner of the taste of Cuattrocento. The definitive sculpture is located in its destination, inside the Covadonga Basilica.

Azcue Brea, Leticia, 'La melancolía de Roma: la escultura religiosa académica en la Corte alfonsina. Ecos puristas en la obra de Martín Riesco, los hermanos Vallmitjana o Samsó' En:. Svmma Stvdiorum Scvlptoricae, In memoriam Dr. Lorenzo Hernández Guardiola. II Congreso Internacional de Escultura Religiosa, Crevillent, octubre 2018, Alicante, Instituto alicantino de cultura y Diputación de Alicante, 2019, p.59-104 [93-94 lám.22]

Technical data

Inventory number
E001029
Author
Juan Samsó
Title
Our Lady of Covadonga
Date
1908
Medium
Plaster
Dimension
Width: 61 cm; Height: 127 cm; Depth: 72 cm
Provenance
Donated by Rodrigo Álvarez Blanco, 1915, for the Museo de Arte Moderno;</br>Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2016
Entry date
2016

Bibliography +

Díaz Quirós, Gerardo, "La Virgen de Covadonga, grupo escultórico de Juan Samsó", Patronato Real de la Gruta y Sitio de Covadonga Gobierno del Principado de Asturias, Consejería de Educación y Cultura, Arzobispado de Oviedo, DL, 2001, pp. 493-496.

Azcue Brea, Leticia, 'Juan Samsó' sub vocem, en: Diccionario biográfico español, Madrid, 2013, pp. 465-466.

Azcue Brea, Leticia, 'La melancolía de Roma: la escultura religiosa académica en la Corte alfonsina. Ecos puristas en la obra de Martín Riesco, los hermanos Vallmitjana o Samsó' En:, Svmma Stvdiorum Scvlptoricae, In memoriam Dr. Lorenzo Hernández Guardiola. II Congreso Internacional de Escultura Religiosa, Crevillent, octubre 2018, Alicante, 2019, pp. 59-104 [93-94 lám.22].

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Núm. AS03412.

Exhibitions +

Covadonga a través del arte
Oviedo
09.09.2022 - 06.11.2022

Location +

Covadonga - Museo de Covadonga (Deposit)

Update date: 03-06-2026 | Registry created on 11-07-2020

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