Salamanca. Tombs of the old cathedral, chromolithograph by teófilo rufflé (after a drawing by francisco aznar y garcía), around 1865-1866, 580 x 746 mm (sheet measurements), madrid, royal academy of fine arts of san fernando (rabasf). Department: national chalcography
inventory no. : e-3747
name of the artist: aznar y garcía, francisco (zaragoza, 1834 - madrid, 1911)
name of the engraver: teó. Ruffle
printer/embosser name: cromolit. By j. Donon. Madrid
place of publication: madrid
date: [ca. 1865-1866]
sheet measurements: 580 x 746 mm. Footprint measurements: 400 x 555 mm. Technique: chromolithograph
matrix material: stone
types of paper and watermarks: woven paper
inscriptions: architectural monuments of spain// province of salamanca// christian art/ ojivo-mudejar style// burials// tomb of dª. Elena, died in 1272// tomb of chantre aparicio, died in 1274// tombs of the old cathedral// (salamanca)
collection: architectural monuments of spain
series: christian art/ ojivo-mudejar style// burials
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-0294 is preserved in the rabasf drawings cabinet. A print related to this is preserved in the rabasf archive-library, with symbol gr-3061.
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