Statue of Ion Luca Caragiale, Bronze statue in Maria Rosetti Street, Bucharest, Romania.

The Statue of Ion Luca Caragiale is a bronze work on Maria Rosetti Street in Bucharest that depicts the playwright in a thoughtful pose. The sculpture sits directly near the building where the Romanian writer spent part of his life.

Constantin Baraschi cast the bronze in 1957 for a competition to depict Lenin in front of Casa Scînteii; after losing to Boris Caragea, he replaced the head with Caragiale's. The statue was stored in a courtyard on Splaiul Independenței, then moved to the Cartea Românească publishing house yard, reportedly through novelist Marin Preda. In 1998 it passed to the Ministry of Culture and was placed on Maria Rosetti Street; in 2002 Dinu Săraru moved it to the National Theatre, and in 2006 it returned to Maria Rosetti.

The statue stands before the house on Maria Rosetti Street where Caragiale lived, and it is listed as a historic monument of local importance (code LMI B-III-m-B-19952). The playwright's name also marks the street crossing it: the intersection of I. L. Caragiale and Maria Rosetti streets. Other Caragiale monuments in Bucharest include Oscar Späthe's 1943 marble bust in the Rotonda scriitorilor of Cișmigiu Park.

The monument sits in a central Bucharest location served by multiple tram and bus lines, making it easy to reach. The site is accessible on foot and open to visitors at any time.

The statue appears in the foreground of the reverse of the 100 lei banknote, shown at its former location in front of the old National Theatre building. Sculptor Paul Vasilescu, who worked as an apprentice in Baraschi's workshop, rejected the story that the head of Lenin had been swapped for Caragiale's, stating the work was conceived from the start as a portrait of the playwright.