Valeriano Bécquer

Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer (15 December 1833 – 23 September 1870) was a Spanish painter and graphic artist, who often worked in the costumbrismo style.

Biography He was born in Seville. His father, José Domínguez Bécquer, was also a painter and his younger brother was the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.

He died of liver disease in Madrid, aged 36, just three months before his brother. In fact, Gustavo's death may have been hastened by this event, as he fell into a deep depression afterward and his health had always been fragile. Valeriano's portrait of Gustavo was used on the 100 Peseta Spanish banknote from 1965 to 1970 and was the model for a memorial bust in Maria Luisa Park.