Miguel Verdiguier (1706 – 29 December 1796) was a French sculptor who spent much of his career in Spain.

Biography

Miguel Verdiguier was born in

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in 1706. He became a director of the Marseille Academy of Statutory, and later became an academic of merit at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in

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. In 1765 the Cathedral Chapter of Córdoba commissioned him to construct a monument to the Archangel San Rafael next to the

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. He also made Churrigueresque pulpits for the Cordoba Cathedral, and the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba also preserves some of his work. He made all the outdoor sculptures for the facade of the Sanctuary of the Cathedral of Jaen. In 1780, working with his son, he made the reliefs of the facade of the chapel of S. Cecilio for the

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in 1780. He made a sculpture of the Entombment of Christ for the city of

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. Verdiguier died in Cordoba in 1796. One of his pupils, José Álvarez Cubero (23 April 1768 - 26 November 1827), became famous for his works in the neoclassical style.

Gallery

File:Toulon Naval Museum.jpg, Toulon Naval Museum. Sculptures de Jean-Michel Verdiguier File:Porte de l'arsenal-détail-HD.jpg, Detail - door of the arsenal of Toulon File:Porte de l'arsenal-détail-HG.jpg, Detail - door of the arsenal of Toulon File:Matanza de los inocentes by Miguel de Verdiguier.jpg, Massacre of the innocents File:Triunfo de San Rafael de la Puerta del Puente 2.JPG, Triumph of St. Rafael, Puerta del Puente, Córdoba File:Porte de l'arsenal-détail-BG.jpg, Detail - door of the arsenal of Toulon File:Porte de l'arsenal-détail-BD.jpg, Detail - door of the arsenal of Toulon File:Miguel Verdiguier Proyecto de fuente monumental.JPG, Sketch for a fountain

References

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