José Alcoverro


José Alcoverro y Amorós was a Spanish sculptor, a pupil of José Piquer.
Alcoverro was a virtuoso modeller who specialised in realistic portraiture, and whose penchant for realism animated both his religious compositions, often selected for their inherent drama, such as the Ishmael Fainting of Thirst and his allegorical official commissions. He exhibited in the Madrid annual expositions from 1867 to 1907.
Among his works in Madrid are: