Roque López

Roque López Duarte Máyquez (12 August 1747 – 1811) was a Spanish sculptor.

López was born in Era Alta, a small town near Murcia. As a youth, he was apprenticed to the sculptor Francisco Salzillo and went on to become Salzillo's most important disciple. He worked for twenty-eight years, receiving commissions from many towns and villages in southeastern Spain. His sculptures decorated churches, convents and private houses. He created over five hundred works (most of them religious). López died in Mula from yellow fever.

In 2011, the bicentenary of his death, the Museo Salzillo in Murcia organized a major exhibition of his works entitled Roque López. La mirada del discípulo.^[1]

Selected works

• Santa Cecilia (Murcia).
• Jesus Nazareno (Alhama de Murcia).
• San Juan (Alguazas).
• Dolorosa (Águilas).
• San Pablo de Atenas o San Pablo Ermitaño (Murcia).
• Samaritana and Dolorosa for the Brotherhood of Los Coloraos (Murcia).
• San Juan Evangelista for the Brotherhood of la Salud (Murcia).
• San Pedro de Alcántara (Murcia).
• Virgen de los Remedios (Torreagüera, Murcia).
• Nuestra. Señora del Rosario (Sucina, Murcia).
• San Miguel (Huercal-Overa).
• Cristo Resucitado (Lorca).
• San José con el Niño (Murcia).
• San José con el Niño (Lorca).
• Virgen de los Dolores (Beniaján, Murcia).
• Paso del Prendimiento (Tobarra).
• Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (Alatoz).
• Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (Lorca).
• Virgen de la Encarnación (La Raya, Murcia).

References

1. Region of Murcia (2011). Roque López. La mirada del discípulo, p. 3 (Spanish).

Further reading

• LOZANO, G. Vida y obra de don Roque López, discípulo predilecto de Salzillo. Murcia 1948.
• ESPÍN RAEL, J. De la vida y de la obra del escultor murciano Roque López (1741-1811). Boletín de la sociedad Española de Excursiones, Tomo LI – 1947. Madrid.
• MELENDRERAS JIMENO, JL. La escultura en Murcia durante el siglo XIX. University of Murcia and Caja Murcia. Murcia, 1997.