BERNARDO LÓPEZ PIQUER (Valencia, 1799 - Madrid, 1874).
"Portrait of a lady" 1856.
Oil on canvas.
Size: 127 x 98 cm; 146 x 117 cm (frame).
Signed and dated.
He was the son of the painter Vicente López and brother of the painter Luis López Piquer, with whom he worked in the Cathedral of Orihuela. Like his father, he specialised in portraiture. He entered the San Fernando Academy in 1825. Thanks to his father's influence, he managed to enter the royal palace. He continued his father's style, especially in portraiture. He held the posts of director of studies at the San Fernando Academy from 1844; president of its painting section from 1845 to 1874; honorary chamber painter to Isabella II in 18431 and first painter on 17 February 1858 until the revolution of 1868.
Some of his works can be found in museums such as the Prado, the Museum of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, the Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones Kiosco Alfonso and important private collections.