Iberian Sculptures, Cerro de los Santos, Albacete - 19th Century Lithograph
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Iberian Sculptures, Cerro de los Santos, Albacete - 19th Century Lithograph

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Original 19th-century lithograph with the Iberian sculptures found at the Cerro de los Santos, in the district of Montealegre del Castillo (Albacete), printed in a single greenish tone. It gathers fifteen numbered pieces: votary ladies, male heads, an ex-voto topped by an eagle and two discs with reliefs and inscriptions.

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Original 19th-century lithograph with the Iberian sculptures found at the Cerro de los Santos, in the district of Montealegre del Castillo (Albacete), printed in a single greenish tone. It gathers fifteen numbered pieces: votary ladies, male heads, an ex-voto topped by an eagle and two discs with reliefs and inscriptions.

The caption states that the pieces were then kept in the Archaeological Museum of Madrid. The sanctuary of the Cerro de los Santos, excavated from 1860, yielded one of the most celebrated Iberian votive groups in Spanish archaeology, famous also for the forgeries that found their way into it and were detected years later.

Medium: Lithograph printed in one tone.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 11.7 in (19 x 29.8 cm).
Condition: Good. Toned paper, with light wear at the edges of the sheet.

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