Original copper engraving by Bartolome Maura after the portrait of Alonso Cano attributed to Velazquez. Lettered below, "Escuela Espanola", "Museo nac.l - Cuadro n.o 81" and "Propiedad de la Calcog.a N.l".
Original copper engraving by Bartolome Maura after the portrait of Alonso Cano attributed to Velazquez. Lettered below, "Escuela Espanola", "Museo nac.l - Cuadro n.o 81" and "Propiedad de la Calcog.a N.l".
Bartolome Maura y Montaner (Palma de Mallorca, 1844 - Madrid, 1926) was one of the finest Spanish engravers of the nineteenth century and worked extensively for the Calcografia Nacional reproducing paintings in the Museo del Prado.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Diego Velazquez (painter)
Engraver: Bartolome Maura y Montaner (1844-1926)
Date: 19th century
Source: Calcografia Nacional
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.8 x 8.7 in (14.7 x 22 cm); sheet 11.9 x 17.1 in (30.3 x 43.5 cm)
Condition: The impression within the plate mark is clean, but the sheet has abundant rust staining (foxing) spread across the whole surface, clearly visible in the photograph