COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



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half sitting, half kneeling posture, is an allegorical figure of America in the act of 

 adorning a cross or crucifix which she holds in her right hand. The four bas-reliefs 

 on the sides of the pediment represent the most important events in the life of 

 Columbus: (1) Columbus before 

 the Council of Salamanca : (2) Co 

 lumbus taking formal possession 

 of the New World; (3) his flatter 

 ing reception on his return by the 

 Spanish sovereigns, and (4) Colum 

 bus in chains. 



No. 109. &quot;THE CTJSTODIA,&quot; 

 GENOA (plate xix). 



The bust of Columbus Avhich 

 surmounts the hollow shaft called 

 the &quot; Custodia,&quot; at Genoa, in 

 which the manuscripts and auto 

 graphs of Columbus are preserved, 

 was carved by Peschiera in 1826, 

 but it has been repudiated by 

 de Conchas, a learned critic, who 

 claims that it is the head of a 

 Roman emperor, by a deaf mute 

 named Castilli. 



No. 110. STATUE IN RED PALACE, 

 GENOA. 



The statue of Columbus in the 



Red Palace, Genoa, represents him 



standing upon the deck of the ship 



pointing out land to his incredulous sailors, while behind him stands a padre with 

 a cross. The pedestal is ornamented with prows of caravels, 

 and on each side of it is a mythological figure representing 

 Discovery and Industry. 



No. 111. BUST IN RED PALACE, GENOA. 



The bust of Columbus, which stands in the Red Palace 

 at Genoa, was carved from the Capriola portrait, which was 

 submitted to the committee in charge by the Duke of 

 Veragua, a descendant of Columbus, who was invited to 

 recommend a model. 



No. 112. STATUE IN COLLEGE AT GENOA. 



In 1892 the students of the Christopher Columbus College 

 at Genoa demonstrated their patriotism by raising a large 

 fund, which was expended in the erection of a statute to 

 Columbus in the patio of that institution. It represents 

 the discoverer in a sitting posture. 



STATUE IN RED PALACE, GENOA. 



BUST IN CIRCOLO FILO- 

 LOGICO E STENOGRA- 

 FICO, GENOA. 



No. 113. PORCELAIN COPY OF BUST IN GENOA. 



In the Philological Circle at Genoa is a beautiful piece of marble with a strong 

 face very much like the traditional types of Columbus, but around the neck is a 

 chain, to which is attached a medal bearing an unknown face. 



