The Boy on the Seahorse | |
Other Language 1: | Spanish |
Other Title 1: | El niño sobre el caballito de mar |
Artist: | Rafael Zamarripa |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
The Boy on the Seahorse (es|"El niño sobre el caballito de mar"), commonly known as El caballito, is a sculpture by Rafael Zamarripa. Two versions are installed in Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco; one along the Malecón in Centro and another at Playa de los Muertos in Zona Romántica.
One of the existing sculptures along the Malecón, installed in 1976, replaced a smaller version which was erected at Playa de los Muertos in the late 1960s but later swept away by a storm. The work has been described as an icon of the city.[1] [2]