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The Golden Boy (official name: Eternal Youth and the Spirit of Enterprise) [1] [2] is a northward-facing statue perched on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Arguably the province's best-known symbol, [ 3 ] the statue was modeled after the Roman god Mercury (Greek: Hermes ) and is meant to represent the ...
Nov 22, 2007 · Golden Boy, gilded 5.25 m statue atop the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building. It was sculpted by Georges Gardet of Paris and cast in 1918 at the Barbidienne foundry in France.
The figure was sculpted by Georges Gardet of Paris, and cast in 1918 at the Barbidienne foundry in France. The foundry was partially destroyed by bombs during the First World War, but the Golden Boy emerged unharmed. The figure was rushed to a seaport and put aboard a French ship carrying wheat.
The Golden Boy, used as ballast, took two long trips through the Mediterranean and 5 trans-Atlantic crossings. The Golden Boy was finally placed on top of the Legislative Building on November 21, 1919. Originally he was not covered in gold, but was plain bronze.
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Nov 21, 2019 · The Golden Boy statue was installed on November 21, 1919 and first gilded with 23.5-karat gold leaf in 1951. It was last returned to ground level in 2002 during a restoration project to the tower...
The figure was sculpted by Georges Gardet of Paris, and cast in 1918 at the Barbidienne foundry in France. The foundry was partially destroyed by bombs during the First World War, but the Golden Boy emerged unharmed. The figure was rushed to a seaport and put aboard a French ship carrying wheat.
The Golden Boy was sculpted in Paris in 1918 and is a 5.25 m/17.2 ft., 1,650 kg/3,640 pound statue sheathed in 24 karat gold which stands atop the dome of the Legislative Building. It faces the north where his province's future lies.
