Badajoz. Merida. Mosaic of birds, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by ricardo arredondo y calmache), around 1876-1877, 601 x 746 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3676
name of the artist: arredondo y calmache, ricardo (cella (teruel) 1850 - toledo, 1911)
name of the engraver: teó rufflé
name of the printer/stammer: cromo litª. By j. M. Mateu. Madrid
place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1876-1877]
sheet measurements: 601 x 746 mm. Footprint measurements: 460 x 630 mm. Technique: chromolithograph
matrix material: stone
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of badajoz// pagan art. / greeco-roman style/ civil constructions// mosaic of birds,// existing in house nº 1 of calle del salvador// (mérida). Collection: architectural monuments of spain
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 chromolithography. A drawing related to this print with symbol ma-0120 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.
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