Original lithograph of the first half of the 19th century with the place called Los Hornajos, on the way to the Picacho de la Veleta (Sierra Nevada, Granada): the great cirque of crags with the tarn at the bottom of the valley, the stony path and two tiny figures that give the measure of the landscape. Mounted in a mat.
Original lithograph of the first half of the 19th century with the place called Los Hornajos, on the way to the Picacho de la Veleta (Sierra Nevada, Granada): the great cirque of crags with the tarn at the bottom of the valley, the stony path and two tiny figures that give the measure of the landscape. Mounted in a mat.
Below: "Girault de Prangey del.", "Sabatier lith., fig. par Bayot" and the Paris imprint. Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey travelled Andalusia in 1832-1833 and his drawings, put on stone by Sabatier and by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, gave rise to the albums on Granada and the Alhambra that fixed the romantic image of the city in Europe.
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Artist / after: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
Engraver / lithographer: Sabatier, with the figures by A. J. B. Bayot
Date: First half of the 19th century
Dimensions: 23 x 15.5 in (58.3 x 39.3 cm)
Condition: Good. Clean impression with very subtle grays; the mat board toned and with foxing at the edges.