A PLASTER POLYCHROME PANEL 'DETALLE Y DECORACION ARABE' OF THE ALHAMBRA, SPAIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PLASTER POLYCHROME PANEL 'DETALLE Y DECORACION ARABE' OF THE ALHAMBRA, SPAIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved, with remains of a mirror, applied paper label to reverse 'Forma parte de la coleccion completa de modelos de la Alhambra de D. Rafael Contreras, unico propietario y autor de estas reducciones', framed - panel 14 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (37 x 24cm.)

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Lot Essay

Rafael Contreras was the official restorer of the Alhambra Palace between 1845 and 1890. For the models by Rafael Contreras, see T. Raquejo, 'La Alhambra en el Museo Victoria & Albert. Un catalogo de las piezas de la Alhambra y de algunas obras neonazaries', Cuadernos de Arte e Iconografma I, 1 (1988), pp. 225-8.

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