La República Argentina, Bronze sculpture at Escuela Técnica Raggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

La República Argentina is a bronze group by Jean-Baptiste Hugues at the Escuela Técnica Raggio. A female figure in a Phrygian cap and wind-blown robes stands backed by a bull; at her feet a woman on the right harvests grain, while a seated man on the left, between gears and an anvil, holds a locomotive.

The bronze group was made by Jean-Baptiste Hugues for the Argentine Pavilion at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition, built on the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower. The iron pavilion, designed by Albert Ballu after a contest chaired by writer Eugenio Cambaceres, was meant to be dismantled and shipped to Buenos Aires. The main sculpture was later mounted beside the Escuela Técnica Raggio, while the four corner groups were placed at various points in the city.

The female figure wears a Phrygian cap, a symbol of liberty, with wind-blown garments; behind her a bull stands for cattle raising. At her feet, a woman on the right harvests grain for agriculture, while a seated man on the left, among gears and an anvil, holds a locomotive for industry and progress.

The sculpture is located on the grounds of Escuela Técnica Raggio in the northern area of Buenos Aires and is accessible to visitors. It is good to check in advance whether the school campus allows public visits during certain times.

The original plaster model of this sculpture was donated to the National Museum of Fine Arts in 1946 and remains preserved there. This model reveals the artistic process and planning that went into the final bronze work.