The robust bronze statue, standing over 4 metre high, is a work by Pablo Serrano.

[1] The sculptor told he had found inspiration in the Spanish patriotism displayed by Prieto in his famous 1936 speech in Cuenca.

[1] It was unveiled in December 1984, during a ceremony attended, among others, by Enrique Barón, Joaquín Almunia and Julián Campo.

[1] The former minister is depicted wearing a Basque-style beret, and seemingly holds a bunch of books, reports and newspapers with his arm.

[2] It was, upon its inauguration, located steps away from an equestrian statue of dictator Francisco Franco,[2] in opposing sides during the Spanish Civil War.