Statues On Stamps

Argentina
La Fuente de la Nereidas
July 5, 1986
The monument La Fuente de la Nereidas is a work by Dolores Mora Vega, also known as Lola Mora (1866 – 1936). The Carrara white marble sculpture is currently in the South Costanera of Buenos Aires. It represents the Nereids witnessing the birth of the goddess Venus . It opened in 1903 in the Columbus Park, sparked controversy in its time by being represented in her nude figures. In 1997 it was declared a National Historic Landmark.

Brazil
The 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Victor Brecheret
February 22, 1984
Victor Brecheret (1894 - 1955) was an Italian-Brazilian sculptor. His work combines techniques of European modernist sculpture with references to his native country through the physical characteristics of his human forms and visual motifs drawn from Brazilian folk art.
The souvenir sheet features his best known work The Monument to the Bandeirantes. The massive granite sculpture pays tribute to the bandeirantes (those who follow the flags), the explorers who helped create São Paulo and its culture. The monument depicts Portuguese settlers alongside black and indigenous men (and some women) working together to pull a canoe, a familiar scene in their river expeditions.

Brazil
50th Anniversary of the Christ the Redeemer Monument
October 12, 1981
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski (1875 - 1961). The face was created by the Romanian artist Gheorghe Leonida (1892 - 1942). It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

United States
Statue of John Ericsson
May 29, 1926
John Ericsson National Memorial, located near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the man who revolutionized naval history with his invention of the screw propeller. The Swedish engineer John Ericsson also designed the USS Monitor, the ship that ensured Union naval supremacy during the American Civil War.

Egypt
Statue of Akhenaten (Amenophis IV), Thebes
March 1, 1985
Akhenaten, known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenophis IV, was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC. The sandstone colossi of Akhenaten were discovered in 1925 and is believed to be from early in his reign.

France - Morocco Joint Issue
Culture - Wallace Fountain
December 17, 2001
Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg (1829 – 1906) that appear in the form of small cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris. They are named after the Englishman Richard Wallace, who financed their construction. These fountains are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris.

United States
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
July 11, 1945
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a United States Navy hospital corpsman raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. This photograph was also the basis for the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) at the back entrance to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps who have died in the defense of the United States since 1775.

Spain
Tourism - Columbus Monument Barcelona
March 17, 1965
The Columbus Monument is a 60-meter tall monument to Christopher Columbus at the lower end of La Rambla, Barcelona. It was constructed for the Barcelona World Exposition (1888) in honor to Columbus first voyage to the Americas.

Spain
Tourism - Monumento a la Fe Descubridora Huelva
July 26, 1967
This massive statue, located at Punta Sebo where the rivers Odiel and Tinto meet, is a representation of a Franciscan friar of La Rabida monastery, who hosted Christopher Columbus while he was planning his first voyage in 1491. The statue is seen as a homage to the Christian faith as well as to Columbus himself. The statue, measuring 37 meters high, was designed by American sculptor Gertrude Whitney, in a cubist style, and is made from stone quarried from Niebla.

Poland
Stamp Day: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Xawery Dunikowski
October 9, 1975
Xawery Dunikowski (1875 - 1964) was a Polish sculptor and artist, notable for surviving Auschwitz concentration camp, and best known for his Neo-Romantic sculptures and Auschwitz-inspired art.
One of the Stamp Day stamps features his polychromed plaster sculpture "Tchnienie" (1903).

El Salvador
Mother's Day - Pieta Statue
May 10, 1971
The Pietà (1498–1499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

France
The 25th Anniversary of the Resistance and Liberation
May 31, 1969
One stamp in this series commemorates the Battle of Mont Mouchet in June 1944 and features the Mont Mouchet National Monument of the Resistance in Auvers.

Nicaragua
Monument to Ruben Dario
March 25, 1983
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (1867 – 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism.
The monument to Ruben Dario, made in Carrara marble, is in the Ruben Dario Park located in the Capital District adjacent to the historic center of Managua.

Poland
Nicolas Copernicus monument in Warsaw
March 31, 1955
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument is one of the most notable landmarks in Warsaw. It stands before the Staszic Palace, the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences on Krakowskie Przedmiescie.
The bronze statue of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus holding a compass and armillary sphere was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1822 and completed in 1830.

Argentina
Centenary of the Monument to the Army of the Andes
August 25, 2014
Monument to the Army of the Andes, inaugurated on February 12, 1914, is located at the top of the Cerro de la Gloria (the Hill of Glory) at the General San Martin Park. This bronze monument commemorates the Army of the Andes' 1817 crossing of the mountains into Chile, led by General San Martín, to help the Chileans defeat the Spanish in the battles of Chacabuco and Maipú and gain independence for both countries.