Fuente del Ángel Caído
Fountain of the Fallen Angel or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.
The statue that crowns the monument is the masterpiece of Ricardo Bellver who realized it in plaster in 1877 while a 3rd year pensioner in Rome. The state acquired the work and presented it to the 1878 Exposition Universelle.
The work, initially received its share of criticisms, it was mainly highly received by the critics. It is renowned for its dramatic appeal, the tension in the expression and its ambiguity in treating a polemical subject that caused turmoil regarding its possible interpretation as a satanic tribute.
It has the reputation to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to the devil, which is not the case.
It is however correct that it happens to stand at 666 meters above sea level
Fuente del Ángel Caído
Fountain of the Fallen Angel or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.
The statue that crowns the monument is the masterpiece of Ricardo Bellver who realized it in plaster in 1877 while a 3rd year pensioner in Rome. The state acquired the work and presented it to the 1878 Exposition Universelle.
The work, initially received its share of criticisms, it was mainly highly received by the critics. It is renowned for its dramatic appeal, the tension in the expression and its ambiguity in treating a polemical subject that caused turmoil regarding its possible interpretation as a satanic tribute.
It has the reputation to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to the devil, which is not the case.
It is however correct that it happens to stand at 666 meters above sea level