Córdoba. Detalles de las portadas de la Maksurah de la Mezquita - Teófilo Rufflé, Teófilo Rufflé

Cordova. Details of the covers of the maksurah of the mosque, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by ricardo arredondo y calmache), around 1879, 745 x 600 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography inventory no. : e-3695 name of the artist: arredondo y calmache, ricardo (cella, teruel, 1850 - toledo, 1911) engraver name: t. Rufflé name of the printer/stammer: lit. De j. M. Mateu. Madrid place of publication: madrid date: [ca. 1879] sheet measurements: 745 x 600 mm. Footprint measurements: 573 x 420 mm. Technique: chromolithograph matrix material: stone types of paper and watermarks: woven paper inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of córdoba// muhammadean art/ style of the caliphate/ religious constructions// angled arches of the mihrab doorway// voussoirs of the mihrab arch// voussoirs of the arch of the right side doorway// detail of the arrabá of the mihrab arch// detail of the arrabá of the side door// detail of the window superimposed on the side door// details of the covers of the maksurah. // (mosque of córdoba). Collection: architectural monuments of spain series: muhammadean art/ caliphate style/ religious constructions subject: mosque of córdoba 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 sheet -, aquatint, lithography and chromolithography. Two drawings related to this print are preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet with signature ma-0186 and ma-0187.