Rafael de la Cova

Rafael de la Cova (c. 1850 – c. 4 May 1896) was a Venezuelan sculptor active in the second half of the 19th century.

De la Cova received some important commissions, but a number have not survived to the present day.

Perhaps his best known work is a monument to Christopher Columbus which was commissioned to commemorate the explorer's arrival in what is now Venezuela.

Its title, Monumento a Colón en el Golfo Triste, refers to the Gulf of Paria where he reached the mainland of South America in 1498.

[2] On his return to Venezuela he received a number of commissions including: A copy of his statue of the Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda was erected in Fitzroy Square, London, in 1990.