Córdoba. Detalles de la cúpula del vestíbulo del mihrab de la Mezquita - Teófilo Rufflé, Teófilo Rufflé

Cordova. Details of the dome of the vestibule of the mihrab of the mosque, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by ricardo arredondo y calmache), around 1881, 600 x 745 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography inventory no. : e-3693 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: [ca. 1881] sheet measurements: 600 x 745 mm. Footprint measurements: 414 x 548 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// curvilinear triangles that result from the intersections of the arches that support the vault// arrocabe that runs under the dome// ring of the dome// arrocabe that runs under the dome// part of the ornament and voussoir of one of the lower arches that give light to the vault// intrados of one of the/ lower arches of the vault/ to those that give light// intrados of the arches that support the vault// intrados of the arches that support the vault// archivolta of one of the arches that support the vault// archivolta of one of the arches that support the vault// pendentives of the dome of the mihrab// details of the dome of the lobby of the mihrab. // (mosque of córdoba. ) collection: architectural monuments of spain series: muhammadean art/ caliphate style/ religious constructions subject: mosque of córdoba 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-0176 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet.