Cordova. Walled door, corresponding to the construction of alhakem ii, discovered in the eastern wall of said construction, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (according to a drawing by ricardo arredondo y calmache), around 1878, 745 x 600 mm (measurements of the sheet), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3690
name of the artist: arredondo y calmache, ricardo (cella, teruel, 1850 - toledo, 1911)
engraver's name: teo. Ruffle
name of the printer/stammer: stamping by j. M. Mateu. Madrid
place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1878]
sheet measurements: 745 x 600 mm. Footprint measurements: 635 x 490 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// walled door, corresponding to the construction of alhaken ii// discovered in the east wall of said construction
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 foil -, aquatint, lithography and chromolithography. A drawing related to this print with symbol ma-0177 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.
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