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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Martinez, Julian,     Fundicion Moises del Aguila,     Portrait male -- Bautista, Juan De Anza     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Other     Ethnic -- Mexican     Equestrian     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco     Sculpture

Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, (sculpture). Artist:  Martinez, Julian, 1921- , sculptor. Fundicion Moises del Aguila, founder. Title:  Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. x 5 ft. 11 in. Inscription:  (Stamped:) JULIAN MARTINEZ/ESCULPTOR / MOISE DEL AGUILA/FUNDIDOR (Base, plaque:) CAPTAIN JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA (Spanish inscription followed by English translation:) AS A HIGH TRIBUTE TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORICAL/FIGURE BORN IN SONORA. FOUNDER OF/THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WITH THE PURPOSE OF/STRENGTHENING THE FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN THE/PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND OF THE UNITED STATES./THE STATE OF SONORA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO/PRESENTS THIS STATUE TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO/THIS MONTH OF AUGUST OF 1967,/AT WHICH TIME LIC. LUIS ENCINAS WAS GOVERNOR OF SONORA, THE HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN/GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE HONORABLE/JOHN F. SHELLY MAYOR OF THE CITY/OF SAN FRANCISCO. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Portrait of Juan Bautista de Anza seated on a rearing horse. He holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and reaches back with his proper right hand. On his head he wears a broad-brimmed hat with a feather in it. He is dressed in a long riding jacket with ornate cuffs, a buttoned vest, jodhpurs with buttons down the sides, and boots. A cape hangs around his neck and gathers on his proper right side. A sword is sheathed on his proper right side. The horse's saddle and saddle blanket are trimmed with calligraphic designs. The sculpture rests on a rectangular base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bautista, Juan De Anza Occupation -- Military -- Captain Occupation -- Other -- Colonizer Ethnic -- Mexican Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Justin Herman Plaza, Embarcadero, Stewart Street between Market & Mission Streets, San Francisco, California 94111 Remarks:  Captain Juan Bautista De Anza, a native of Sonora, Mexico, was the founder of the city of San Francisco. For additional information see: The Arts Commission of San Francisco's "San Francisco Civic Art Collection: A Guided Tour to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," San Francisco, CA: Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 16-17. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000019   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000019 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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