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-3756
name of the artist: aznar y garcía, francisco (zaragoza, 1834 - madrid, 1911)
name of the engraver: teófilo rufflé
name of the printer/stammer: cromolit by d. Castell. Madrid. Date: [ca. 1862-1864]
sheet measurements: 744 x 596 mm. Footprint measurements: 513 x 380 mm. Technique: chromolithograph
matrix material: stone
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of toledo// christian art/ latin byzantine style// ornaments// num. I// num. Ii// crown/ votive// crown and/ cross votive// crown of/ recesvinto// obverse// reverse// no. Guadamur. )
collection: architectural monuments of spain
series: christian art/ latin byzantine style// ornaments
subject: cross of sonnica, crown of recesvinto
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. Several drawings related to this print are preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet with signature ma-0431, ma-0432, ma-0433, ma-0434, ma-0435.
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