Guillermo Tolentino, a Filipino sculptor and professor, designed The Oblation in University of the Philippines Diliman.
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (July 24, 1890  July 12, 1976) was a Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines. In 1935, Rafael Palma, president of the University of the Philippines, commissioned Tolentino to sculpt the Oblation, a statue based on the second stanza of Jose Rizal's Mi ultimo adios. The sculpture in front of the Quezon Hall at UP Diliman was installed facing west, purportedly a tribute to the American roots of the University. 
students of 1935-36, and was presented by Potenciano Illusorio and Jose B. Laurel, Jr., presidents of the student council during the first and second semester respectively and was dedicated on March 1939 at the University's Manila campus, the main campus then, where it stayed until February 1949, when the main administrative offices of the university moved to the new University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City. Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (July 24, 1890  July 12, 1976) was a Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines. Bonifacio Monument
UP Oblation 
