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Piquer y Duart, José
(b Valencia, 19 Aug 1806; d Madrid, 26 Aug 1871). Spanish sculptor. He was the son of José Piquer (d 1832), the Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes de S Carlos in Valencia and a sculptor, and he began his academic study of sculpture in his father’s institution, working within the current Neo-classical style. His more interesting early works included the allegories of Faith, Hope, Modesty and Patience (1829) for the catafalque erected by the Real Maestranza of Valencia for the funeral of Queen Maria Josefa Amalia of Saxony. In 1830 Piquer y Duart moved to Madrid and entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de S Fernando. On 16 September 1832 he was made an académico de mérito, having submitted the relief the Daughter of Jephthah for his examination. In 1833 he executed various figures for the temporary catafalque erected in S Jerónimo on the death of Ferdinand VII.
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