Granada. Detalle de las ventanas laterales de la Sala de Dos Hermanas, en los Reales Alcázares de la Alhambra - Teófilo Rufflé

Grenade. Detail of the side windows of the sala de dos hermanas, in the reales alcázares of the alhambra, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by francisco antonio contreras), 1875, 745 x 600 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography inventory no. : e-3711 name of the cartoonist: contreras, francisco antonio (active in madrid in 1874) engraver's name: teo. Ruffle name of the printer/stammer: lit. De j. M. ª mateu. Madrid place of publication: madrid date: [1875] sheet measurements: 745 x 600 mm. Footprint measurements: 494 x 411 mm. Technique: chromolithograph matrix material: stone types of paper and watermarks: woven paper inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of granada// muhammadian art/ granadian style/ civil constructions// detail of the side windows of the room of two sisters,// in the real alcázares of the alhambra. // (granada) collection: architectural monuments of spain series: muhammadian art/ grenadine style/ civil constructions 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-0201 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.