Valeriano Salvatierra
Valeriano Salvatierra Barriales was a Spanish sculptor.
Life
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.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 and created twelve allegorical sculptures for the Museo's facade. He died in Madrid in 1836.