Toledo. Guadamur. Visigothic crowns and crosses of guarrazar, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by francisco aznar y garcía), around 1862-1864, 744 x 596 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3757
name of the artist: aznar y garcía, francisco (zaragoza, 1834 - madrid, 1911)
name of the engraver: teófilo rufflé
printer/embosser name: cromolit. By j. Donón. Madrid. Place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1862-1864]
date: [ca. 1862-1864]
sheet measurements: 744 x 596 mm. Footprint measurements: 513 x 380 mm. Technique: chromolithograph
matrix material: stone
number of elements: 2
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of toledo// christian art/ latin byzantine style// ornaments// votive cross/ (half of life)// fragment of crown// votive crown of theodosius/ (half of life)// votive cross of lucecio/ (half of life)// emerald engraved// ectype of the emerald/ (enlarged)// crown of suinthila// finish/ (half of natural)// visigothic crowns and crosses of guarrazar// (term of guadamur. )
collection: architectural monuments of spain
series: christian art/ latin byzantine style// ornaments
subject: crown of theodosius, cross of lucecio, crown of suintila
observations: the print belongs to the series architectural monuments of spain. Published at the expense of the state and under the direction of a special commission created by the ministry of public works, madrid, national printing and chalcography, 1856-1882. The project consisted of collecting the entire architectural heritage in a luxury publication with prints of the highest quality with a total of 30 notebooks with 470 sheets of text and 134 prints, plus another 147 prints that lack explanatory text. For the graphic part, several techniques were used: etching and burin on a steel matrix - occasionally, copper foil -, aquatint, lithography and chromolithograph. The texts were printed in two columns, in spanish and french, on sheets of the same format as the prints with beautiful headings and endings. The crown of suintila was given to queen elizabeth ii in may 1860, and was kept in the royal palace until it was stolen in april 1921. It is currently missing. Several drawings related to this print are preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet with signature ma-0424, ma-0435 and ma-0436.
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