Seville. Italic. Set and details of the mosaic commonly called the great, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (according to a drawing by demetrio de los ríos y serrano), around 1876-1877, 593 x 766 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3751
name of the artist: ríos y serrano, demetrio de los (baena, córdoba, 1827? - león, 1892?)
name of the engraver: teó. Ruffle
name of the printer/stammer: lit. De j. M. ª mateu. Madrid
place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1876-1877]
sheet measurements: 593 x 766 mm. Footprint measurements: 400 x 554 mm. Technique: chromolithograph
matrix material: stone
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of seville// pagan art/ greco-roman style/ civil constructions// set and details of the mosaic, vulgarly called the great// (italic. )
collection: architectural monuments of spain
series: pagan art/ greco-roman 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.
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