Granada. Detalles de la Sala de Justicia, en los Reales Alcázares de la Alhambra - Teófilo Rufflé

Grenade. Details of the hall of justice, in the royal alcázares of the alhambra, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by francisco antonio contreras), 1863, 745 x 600 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography inventory no. : e-3710 name of the cartoonist: contreras, francisco antonio (active in madrid in 1874) engraver's name: teo. Ruffle printer/embosser name: cromolit. By d. Castell. Madrid place of publication: madrid date: [1863] sheet measurements: 745 x 600 mm. Footprint measurements: 527 x 377 mm. Technique: lithography matrix material: stone types of paper and watermarks: woven paper inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of granada// muhammadian art/ granadian style/ civil constructions// details of the hall of justice,// in the royal alcazares of the alhambra. // (granada) 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-0205 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.