LA CIUDAD DE TOLEDO A MIGUEL DE CERVANTES EN EL IV CENTENARIO DE LA PUBLICACIÓN DEL QUIJOTE, DICIEMBRE 2005

ESCULTOR OSCAR ALVARIÑO

The statue, erected to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, is located in Toledo, the city where the writer lived, on the street named after him.
The 2-meter-high statue was made in 2005 by Oscar Alvariño, who said he wanted to design the statue in the "El Greco" style of an elongated figure.

The statue was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
THE CITY OF TOLEDO TO MIGUEL DE CERVANTES ON THE IV CENTENARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF DON QUIXOTE, DECEMBER 2005

SCULPTOR OSCAR ALVARIÑO