Artwork Details
- Title
- Don Diego de Gardoqui
- Artist
- Luis Antonio Sanguino (b. 1934)
- Year
- 1977
- Medium
- Bronze, on granite base
- Dimensions
- Height: 8'
Artwork Description
Born into a wealthy Basque business family, Don Diego de Gardoqui served as a financial intermediary during the Revolutionary War, helping bring funds and arms from Spain to America. He then became Spain’s first ambassador to the United States. This bronze sculpture of Gardoqui was a gift of the Spanish government for the U.S. Bicentennial. The statue stands near Thomas Fitzsimons in Sister Cities Park.
Artwork Credits
Gift of Juan Carlos I and the Government of Spain to the City of Philadelphia
Owned by the City of Philadelphia
Artwork Media
Museum Without Walls
Voices:
FLORINDA DOELP is the granddaughter of Giuseppe Donato, who created the sculpture of Thomas Fitzsimons. She lives in Philadelphia in a home filled with work by her grandfather.
DANIEL ROLPH is an historian for The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Senior Lecturer in history at Montgomery County Community College. He has studied the life of Don Diego de Gardoqui.
JOHN CARR was the Founding Principal Conservator of Materials Conservation, a preservation firm that was based in Philadelphia. He worked on the conservation of the sculpture of Don Diego de Gardoqui.
Producer: Alex Gallafent