Monumento a Martínez Montañés
Monumento a Martínez Montañés stands in Seville’s Plaza del Salvador as a bronze tribute to Juan Martínez Montañés, the Jaén-born master of the Sevillian school. Agustín Sánchez Cid shows him seated on a bench, with a chisel in one hand and a small Immaculate Conception in the other.
San Lorenzo residents proposed the monument in 1916, while a public subscription helped turn their idea into a civic landmark. Sánchez Cid’s design was selected in 1920, and Madrid foundries cast the sculpture in bronze in 1924. White marble supports the figure, with angel reliefs at the corners and bronze medallions framed by neobaroque cartouches. The sculpture moved beside the cathedral and the Archivo de Indias in 1967, then returned to the Plaza del Salvador in 1985.
Look to the side of the square rather than its centre: that position leaves room for Holy Week processions to pass. In Montañés’s hands, the chisel and small figure evoke La Cieguecita, his celebrated Immaculate Conception.
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