Lion. Mural painting of the pantheon of the kings, in the collegiate church of san isidoro, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by jaume serra i gibert), around 1878, 565 x 720 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3724
name of the artist: serra i gibert, jaume (vilassa de dalt, barcelona, 1834 - barcelona, 1877)
name of the engraver: teó. Ruffle. Cromolith
name of the printer/stammer: lit. De j. M. Mateu. Madrid. Place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1878]
sheet measurements: 565 x 720 mm. Footprint measurements: 450 x 750 mm. Technique: lithography
matrix material: stone
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of león// christian art/ roman style/ religious constructions// development of the left central vault// detail of spandrels and cimbria// detail of the cimbria// section of the vaults by their beginnings// mural painting of the pantheon of the kings, in the collegiate of sn. Isidoro// (leon). Collection: architectural monuments of spain
series: christian art/ roman style/ religious 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 chromolithograph.
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