Fuente del Ángel Caído

The Fuente del Ángel Caído (Fountain of the Fallen Angel or Monument of the Fallen Angel) is a fountain located in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.The statue that crowns the monument is the masterpiece of Ricardo Bellver who realized it in plaster in 1877 while a 3rd year pensioner in Rome, inspired by verses from Paradise Lost of John Milton (Canto I).[1] He submitted it to the 1877 edition of the Exposiciones Nacionales de Bellas Artes where it received the first prize.[2] The state acquired the work and presented it to the 1878 Exposition Universelle. Since only works in marble and bronze were accepted, the statue was cast in bronze at this occasion and the plaster original destroyed.

• Parque del Retiro, Glorieta del Ángel Caído, s/n, 28014 Madrid
• 914 00 87 40