Valeriano Salvatierra

Valeriano Salvatierra studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Ponciano Ponzano is recorded as having studied under Valeriano Salvatierra. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Valeriano Salvatierra is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado.

The son of Faustina Barriales and sculptor Mariano Salvatierra, he was born in Toledo and initially trained in his father's studio before entering the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1807 and later spending time in Rome, where he met Canova and Thorwaldsen and gained praise for his own Achilles Pulling Out the Arrow, which was awarded a prize in 1813 by the Accademia di San Luca. • Illustration — Grave monument of Luis María de Borbón On returning to Spain he was made a professor at Toledo Cathedral and later joined the faculty of the Academia de San Fernando. In 1819 he was made honorary court sculptor to Ferdinand VII of Spain, becoming his chief sculptor after Ramón Barba's death in 1831. From 1827 onwards he worked on the restoration of the sculptures in the Real Museo de Pinturas (now the Museo del Prado) and created twelve allegorical sculptures for the Museo's facade. He died in Madrid in 1836.

• Illustration — Immortality, sculpture on the Museo del Prado • Crowning of the Puerta de Toledo (jointly with Ramón Barba) • Portrait of Isidoro Máiquez (Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando). • Portrait of the painter José Aparicio. • Grave monument of Cardinal don Luis de Borbón y Villabriga (Toledo Cathedral), sculpted in Rome in 1824, showing major influence from Canova and Bernini. • Grave monument of the condesa de Chinchón (Palacio de Boadilla del Monte, Madrid).

The authorities additionally record the heading Valeriano Salvatierra y Barriales. His recorded language was Spanish. He was the child of Mariano Salvatierra. One child is recorded: Ramón Salvatierra Molero.

Valeriano Salvatierra is recorded as sculptor.