Ricardo Bellver (

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, 23 February 1845 — Madrid, 20 December 1924) was a Spanish

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Biography

Bellver studied at the

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, and finished his sculptural education in

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as a grant holder. He became well known because of his sculpture ''The Fallen Angel'' (''

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'', 1877), a work inspired by a passage from

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's ''

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'',''Catálogo de la Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes'' ("''Catalogue of the National Fine Arts Exhibition''"), Madrid, 1878, p. 86-87. Mentioned by Carlos Reyero in book ''Escultura, museo y estado en la España del siglo XIX: historia, significado y catálogo de la colección nacional de escultura moderna, 1856-1906'',

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, 2002, and which represents Lucifer falling from Heaven. The sculpture (see picture), of great dramatism and originality, was awarded the first place medal at the Spanish National Fine Arts Exhibition in 1878, and the same year it was cast in bronze for the third Paris World's Fair. Later on, the

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donated it to the City of Madrid, and in 1885 it was installed in a square with the same name in the

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(the largest one in Madrid). For that purpose, architect Francisco Jareño (1818–1892) designed a pedestal of granite, bronze and stone. The success of this work made Bellver been accepted as academician. He was director of the Arts and Works School in Madrid. Other works of Bellver are in Saint Francis the Great Basilica, Saint Joseph Church, Pontifitial Church of Saint Michael, and

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building in Madrid.

Works

*''Santa Inés Burial'' (bas-relief). *''The Fallen Angel'', (''

''), in

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, Madrid. *''Saint Agatha death'', bas-relief (1888). *''San Expedito carving'' (1916), in San Vicente Martir de Abando Church (

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). *Juan Sebastián Elcano Statue (1888) in Mayor Hall Square in Guetaria (Guipúzcoa). *Neogotical doors of Sevilla cathedral. *Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta, Seville Cathedral, Capilla del Cristo de Maracaibo (1880). *''Saint Bartolomew'' and ''Saint Andrew'', in Saint Francis the Great Basilica, Madrid. *Monument to Donoso Cortés, San Isidro graveyard, Madrid. *Cardinal Siliceo sepulchre.

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