ÁLVAREZ Y CUBERO, José
(b. 1768, Priego de Córdoba, d. 1827, Madrid)

Apollo

1808-14
Marble, height 150 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

In Spain, the principal sculptors at the beginning of the nineteenth century were those who had trained in France or Italy and who identified closely with international Neoclassicism. José Álvarez Cubero was the foremost of these. Like Canova, he produced elegant freestanding figures.