Son of the illustrious engraver Bartolomé Maura Montaner and brother of the architect Carlos Maura, Ricardo Maura was a highly representative nineteenth-century engraver. He learned his trade from his father, and also trained under the portrait painter Manuel Arroyo y Lorenzo at the Higher School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, which was associated with the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was awarded second prize. In addition to his work at the National Mint, he was the first assistant engraver at the Banco de España.
Son of the illustrious engraver Bartolomé Maura Montaner and brother of the architect Carlos Maura, Ricardo Maura was a highly representative nineteenth-century engraver. He learned his trade from his father, and also trained under the portrait painter Manuel Arroyo y Lorenzo at the Higher School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, which was associated with the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was awarded second prize. In addition to his work at the National Mint, he was the first assistant engraver at the Banco de España.