Cordova. Cover of the mihrab of the mosque, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by ricardo arredondo y calmache), 1881, 745 x 600 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3696
name of the artist: arredondo y calmache, ricardo (cella, teruel, 1850 - toledo, 1911)
engraver name: t. Rufflé
name of printer/stammer: lit. From j. M. Mateu barquillo, 4 and 6. Madrid
place of publication: madrid
date: [1881]
sheet measurements: 745 x 600 mm. Footprint measurements: 540 x 415 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// cover of the mihrab,// (mosque of córdoba. )
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 chromolithograph. A drawing related to this print with symbol ma-0172 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.
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